Al-Otaiba ambush

2014 CE.

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The Al-Otaiba ambush was a military operation conducted on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against alleged al-Nusra militants at Al-Otaiba, a village in East Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria. In the ambush, a long, single-file column of alleged al-Nusra Front fighters were obliterated by multiple, simultaneous IED blasts. They were then targeted by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions and small-arms fire. Hezbollah received minor support from the Ba'athist-led Syrian Arab Army in the ambush. Various reports suggest that over 100 al-Nusra fighters were killed, which makes the ambush a major victory for Hezbollah. According to analysts, the operation may have tightened the government's grip on east Damascus. After the fall of the Ba'athist-led regime, later investigations into the ambush site by the Syrian transitional government would discover the remains of 100 civilians.

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