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Jirah Military Airbase

Jirah Military Airbase

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Jirah Military Airbase (sometimes spelled al-Jarrah) is a small Syrian airbase of the Syrian Arab Air Force. After surrounding the airbase in the middle of January 2013,[1] the base was captured by opposition fighters from Ahrar al-Sham and the Free Syrian Army on 12 February.[2][3] It fell under ISIL control in January 2014.[4] On 9 March 2017 the Syrian Army launched an assault to recapture the airbase.[5] On 12 May 2017, the SAA recaptured the airbase from ISIS in the Maskanah Plains offensive and had it fully secured by 29 May.[6] It was reopened in January 2023. A Syrian Air Defense Force unit is stationed there.

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  1. [1]
    "The FSA surrounding al Jarrah Military Airport". FNN Syria News. 19 January 2013.
  2. [2]
    "FSA captures Syrian regime's military airport near Aleppo". Al Arabiya. 13 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Rebels Overrun Military Airport in North Syria". Naharnet. Agence France Presse. 12 February 2013.
  4. [4]
    "IS 'loses key' Aleppo water station to army forces". BBC News. 7 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Syrian Army storms strategic airport in east Aleppo". Al-Masdar News. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. [6]
    Aboufadel, Leith (May 29, 2017). "Breaking: ISIL's last pocket near strategic airbase falls to Syrian Army in east Aleppo".
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