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Al-Dumayr Air Base

Coordinates: 33°36′35″N 36°44′56″E / 33.60972°N 36.74889°E / 33.60972; 36.74889
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Al-Dumayr Air Base

Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerSyrian Armed Forces
OperatorSyrian Arab Air Force
LocationAl-Dumayr, Rif Dimashq Governorate
In useUnknown–present
Coordinates33°36′35″N 36°44′56″E / 33.60972°N 36.74889°E / 33.60972; 36.74889
Map
Al-Dumayr Air Base is located in Syria
Al-Dumayr Air Base
Al-Dumayr Air Base
Location in Syria
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 0,000 3,150 Concrete

Al-Dumayr Air Base 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

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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.

On 21 June 2022, four Syrian soldiers were killed near the airbase following an ambush by Islamic State fighters.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Al-Dumayr Military Airport".
  2. ^ "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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