Dahiyat al-Assad

Dahiyat Harasta or Dahiyat al-Assad (Arabic: ضاحية حرستا or ضاحية الأسد‎, literally: Harasta Suburb or al-Assad Suburb) is a suburb in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus, near Harasta in Eastern Ghouta.

Dahiyat Harasta/Dahiyah al-Assad

ضاحية حرستا\ضاحية الأسد
Dahiyat Harasta/Dahiyah al-Assad
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°34′52″N 36°21′36″E
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDouma
SubdistrictHarasta
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total9,858[1]

History

The suburb was established in 1982 by Hafez al-Assad to house Syrian Arab Army officers and their families.[2]

On 4 September 2015, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that dozens of shells landed on Dahiyat al- Assad, information reported casualties. The clashes took place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against the rebel and Islamist factions.[3]

On 10 September 2015, non-State armed opposition groups made advances from Eastern Ghouta towards Tall al-Kurdi and reached positions close to Adra Prison and Dahiyat al-Assad. Around 15,000 civilians were temporarily displaced from Dahiyat al-Asad and surrounding areas as a result. Government forces subsequently halted the advances in Dahiyat al-Asad.[4]

On 12 September 2015, rebels pushed into the town of Dhahiyat Al-Assad, but were reportedly pushed back by the National Defence Forces (NDF).[5] Around 200 men of the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard were brought in as reinforcements to recapture two hills overlooking Dhahiyat Al-Assad.[6]

See also

References
  1. "The results of Population and Housing Census of 2004 at the level of city / village - area Harasta". CBSSYR. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  2. "Assad's Officer Ghetto: Why the Syrian Army Remains Loyal". Carnegie. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. "Dozens of shells target Dahiyat al- Assad, while the regime forces advance on Damascus – Homs highway". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. "Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014)". United Nations. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. IraqiSuryani. "status643830658339590144". Twitter. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  6. Leith Fadel. "Jaysh Al-Islam Attempts to Break-Out of the East Ghouta". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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