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Battle of Anadan 2012

Battle of Anadan: Rebels with captured T-55 at Anadan checkpoint
Image: Tell Rifaat Media Office and Conquest Brigade, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date29 July 2012 – 30 July 2012Wikidata
Year2012Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraPost-1945 (1946 onwards)derived from year
LocationSyriaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
War / conflictBattle of AleppoWikidata P361
Coordinates36.2929, 37.0474Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Anadan (Arabic: معركة عندان) was a ten-hour-long armed confrontation between the rebels of the Free Syrian Army and soldiers of the Syrian Army that occurred when FSA forces attempted to overrun a large army checkpoint in the Anadan area. At the end of the battle, FSA fighters successfully seized the checkpoint.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Anadan (revision 1370106774), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.

Location

36.2929, 37.0474 · Syria

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