Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)

Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War
(Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign)

Map of the territorial control in southern Damascus during the battle, on 4 April 2015
  Controlled by the Syrian Government
  Controlled by the Syrian opposition
  Truce/ceasefire zones
Date1–20 April 2015 (2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Result

Partial ISIL victory

  • 2,000 people were evacuated from the district
  • Rebels repel ISIL attack on the al-Qaboun and Barzah districts
  • Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis dissolves
Territorial
changes
  • ISIL and al-Nusra Front initially seized 95% of the district, gains later reduced to 40%
  • Belligerents

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant


    al-Nusra Front
    Free Syrian Army
    Jaysh al-Islam
    Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis 

    Syrian Arab Republic

    Palestine Liberation Army
    PFLP-GC
    Fatah al-Intifada
    PPSF
    Commanders and leaders
    Unknown Zahran Alloush
    (Jaysh al-Islam leader)
    Abo Hammam
    (Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)
    Ahmad Zaghmout (WIA)
    (Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)
    Ahmed Jibril (PFLP-GC leader)
    Units involved

    Military of ISIL

    Jihad Jibril Brigades
    Popular Committee-Yarmouk Refugee Camp
    Casualties and losses
    80 killed
    (Jaysh al-Islam claim)
    36 killed
    (PFLP-GC claim)
    9–15 killed, 10 captured 5 killed
    8–13 civilians executed by ISIL
    38 killed overall (8 civilians; SOHR)
    4,000 civilians displaced

    The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) broke out in April 2015, during the Syrian Civil War, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the rebel-held Yarmouk Camp. The Yarmouk Camp is a district of Damascus that is home to the largest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria.