Qaboun paid a heavy price for resisting Assad, with much of the area demolished since 2017

Qaboun paid a heavy price for resisting Assad with much of the area demolished since 2017

Qaboun

Syria

Damascus

Damascus

Area demolished

since 2017

Military

police

Military

school

3

Qaboun

Police

academy

2

1

4

1. Former site of Mazeena Saidi’s house

2. Abu Bakr al-Sadeeq mosque, a rallying point during anti-regime protests

3. The proximity of security bases made retaking Qaboun a key regime goal

4. The strategic M5 highway links Syria’s four largest cities

Military

police

Area demolished

since 2017

Military

school

The proximity of

security bases made

retaking Qaboun

a key regime goal

Qaboun

Abu Bakr al-Sadeeq

mosque, a rallying point

during anti-regime protests

 

Police

academy

M5

The strategic highway links Syria’s four largest cities

Former site of

Mazeena Saidi’s

house

Damascus

Syria

Damascus

Damascus