• Christian minority, al-Qusayr had a population of 29,818 in 2004 according to the Syrian census. In addition to being capital of the al-Qusayr District, it is...
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    The al-Qusayr offensive was an operation by the Syrian Government forces against Opposition forces at al-Qusayr in Homs province, during the Syrian Civil...
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  • Qusayr may refer to: Al-Qusayr, Egypt Al-Qusayr District, Syria Al-Qusayr, Syria, a city Qusayr, Yemen Koz Castle, Turkey, also known as Qusayr Qusayr...
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  • two battles in al-Qusayr started on 19 May 2013, as part of the larger al-Qusayr offensive, launched in early April 2013 by the Syrian Army and the Lebanese...
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    Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, lit. "small qasr of 'Amra", sometimes also named Qasr Amra (قصر عمرة / ALA-LC: Qaṣr ‘Amrah), is the best-known of the desert...
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    January 2015, it was reported that the Syrian government was suspected to be building a nuclear plant in Al-Qusayr, Syria. Following the Israeli occupation...
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  • Umm al Quşayr or Umm Quşayr may refer to several places in Syria Umm Quşayr, As-Suwayda Governorate, a ruin in As-Suwayda Governorate at 32°22′00″N 036°45′00″E...
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    the two battles in al-Qusayr was fought by the Syrian army and Shabiha against the Free Syrian Army in the small city of Al-Qusayr, near Homs, during...
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    villages in the Al-Qusayr District of Syria. On 16–17 February 2013, Syrian opposition groups claimed that Hezbollah, backed by the Syrian military, attacked...
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    Al-Qusayr District (Arabic: منطقة القصير, romanized: manṭiqat al-Qusair) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre...
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    Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is...
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    complex of positions at Dahr al-Baidar. In Syria, the division was reported to have become involved in the two battles in al-Qusayr starting on 19 May 2013...
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  • February – Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. A United States Air Force active-duty member is in critical condition...
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  • During the Syrian Civil War, two battles have occurred in and around the city of al-Qusayr: The First Battle of al-Qusayr, occurring between February and...
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    The Syrian civil war (Arabic: ٱلْحَرْبُ ٱلْأَهْلِيَّةُ ٱلسُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-sūrīyah) is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in...
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  • members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a truck outside Al-Qusayr, Syria. Several barrages of rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon...
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  • Umm al Quşayr (Arabic: م القصير) is a village in Al-Hasakah District, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. Umm al Quşayr, Al-Hasakah at GEOnet Names Server v...
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    forces in the Syrian Civil War. Its aim was to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law in Syria. Formed in...
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    commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham, is a Sunni Islamist political and armed organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War. It was formed on 28 January...
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  • 25 February – Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr. 1 March – An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas kills three people, including...
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  • 32 Syrians. Consequently, a reconciliation committee consisting of Shia clans from the Hermel region of Lebanon and pro-FSA villages in the al-Qusayr region...
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  • capital al-Qusayr 13 kilometers to the southeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya to the east and Qattinah to the northeast. According to the Syrian Central Bureau...
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    in the Al-Qusayr District of Syria. According to the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper, Nasrallah said that Hezbollah fighters helped the Syrian government...
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  • opened fire on the Syria TV team near al-Daba'a village in the countryside of al-Qusayr in Homs province, injuring cameraman Asem al-Shaar. Mariam Ghorbannejad...
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    Al-Tanf (Arabic: التَّنْف) is a U.S. military base in an American occupied part of the Homs Governorate, Syria. It is located 24km (15 mi) west of the...
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  • Weapons In Syria - The Hell Cannon". Brown Moses Blog. Retrieved 13 December 2014. "Tawhid Brigade in Aleppo sends support units to al-Qusayr Anadolu Agency"...
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    targets across Iraq and Syria. In September 2015, Russian forces launched its military intervention in Syria to support its ally Bashar al-Assad in the fight...
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    sub-districts) Al-Suqaylabiyah District (5 sub-districts) Homs Palmyra Al-Mukharram Talkalakh Al-Rastan Al-Qusayr Homs District (10 sub-districts) Al-Mukharram...
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  • stationed in Aleppo area. Radwan Force also contributed to battles of al-Qusayr and of al-Qalamoun, being decisive for government's victory on these occasions...
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  • "Cracks in the Syrian opposition as Assad launches offensive". Tabeer. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Death a daily event in al-Qusayr south of...
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