Al-Dumayr Air Base
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Syrian Arab Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Al-Dumayr, Rif Dimashq Governorate | ||||||||||||||
| In use | ?–present | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°36′35″N 36°44′56″E / 33.60972°N 36.74889°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Al-Dumayr Air Base Location in Syria | |||||||||||||||
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Al-Dumayr Air Base (Arabic: مطار الضمير العسكري) is a Syrian Arab Air Force installation located 40 kilometers north-east of Damascus, Syria.[1]
The airbase was used extensively by the Syrian Arab Air Forces and Iranian Armed Forces during the Syrian Civil War.
History
[edit]The base was used to support the army campaign on Eastern Ghouta. On February 22, 2018, Jaysh al-Islam bombed the airbase in an effort to weaken Syrian attacks on the rebel held enclave.[2]
On 21 June 2022, four Syrian soldiers were killed near the airbase following an ambush by Islamic State fighters.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dumayr Air Base (OS61)". World Airport Codes.
- ^ "جيش الإسلام يستهدف مطار الضمير بقصف صاروخي" (in Arabic). نور سورية. 22 February 2018.
- ^ "After death of 26 soldiers and militiamen in separate attacks | Regime forces launch large-scale campaign targeting ISIS cells in southern Al-Raqqah". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 24 June 2022.
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