Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase

Syrian Civil War[edit]

During the Syrian Civil War, rebel groups had taken control of significant territory within the vicinity of Abu al-Duhur Airbase beginning in 2012. After surrounding the airbase for nearly three years,^[1] and killing at least 56 government soldiers in an early morning attack, the al-Nusra Front took control of the airbase in September 2015. A video showed a number of out-of-service fighter jets for several years ^[2] mostly pulled to the side of the aprons and rocket launchers.^[3] On 10 January 2018, the Syrian army and allies recaptured the air base.^[4] Over the course of the Syrian Civil War, the airbase was completely destroyed and rendered useless.