Episodes reported by month

Airport 4 miles

Barza

Qaboun

Jisreen

Saqba

Douma 8

Eastern Ghouta

Presidential Palace

Yarmouk

Tadamon

1

2

Kafr Souseh

Midan

Damascus

Barza

Qaboun

Harasta 10

Douma 15

Eastern Ghouta

Presidential Palace

Hazeh

Darayya

Jdeidet Artouz

Yarmouk

Tadamon

4

5

5

Midan

Damascus

1

Qudssaya 3

8

Al Tal

Barza

Qaboun

Sayyida Zeinab 14

Douma 14

Eastern Ghouta

Presidential Palace

Hazeh

Darayya 11

Jdeidet Artouz

Yarmouk

Tadamon

Midan

Damascus

Qudssaya 4

Barza

Qaboun

Harasta 29

1

Douma 16

Eastern Ghouta

Presidential Palace

Hazeh

Irbin

12

16

16

Darayya 13

Jdeidet Artouz

Yarmouk

Tadamon

Midan

Damascus

Qudssaya 2

2 Miles

March to May 2012 95 episodes

Nov. 2011 to Feb. 2012 23 violent episodes reported

Airport 4 miles

Quneitra 25 miles

Dara’a 40 miles

150

100

50

0

June

Nov.

Jan. ’12

The maps below show 791 violent episodes between the Syrian government and opposition groups near Damascus since November 2011. The data were compiled by the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War from reports by the government, opposition groups and news outlets. It includes armed conflict between rebels and government forces, but not repression of protests.

September to November 365 episodes

June to August 308 episodes

The government holds central Damascus, but rebels claim to control some suburbs, like Douma and Irbin. The Syrian Army has attacked rebels fighting for the road to the airport with artillery and airstrikes.

Violence escalated in the summer. In July, a bomb blast in the heart of Damascus killed four top military advisers. Shortly after, rebels took control of the southern area of Midan for about a week.

Clashes erupted in the suburbs, especially in the Sunni Eastern Ghouta. The rebels’ strategy included bombing and assassination, but they were unable to hold any area for a long period.

Fighting near Damascus was limited to isolated episodes until last winter. In January, suburbs in a region known as Eastern Ghouta fell under rebel control, but the government quickly retook the area.

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