Back معركة الرستن وتلبيسة Arabic Batalla de Rastán (2011) Spanish Rastanin taistelu Finnish Bataille de Rastane (2011) French Primeira Batalha de Rastan Portuguese Er-Resten Muharebesi (2011) Turkish
| First Battle of Rastan | |||||||||
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| Part of the early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Syrian Opposition |
 Syrian Government | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Maj. Abdul Rahman Sheikh Ali †[1] 1st Lt. Ahmad Mustafa al-Khalaf †[2] |
Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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1,000 rebels[5] |
 900 soldiers 250 tanks and armored vehicles | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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130 rebels and protesters killed[6] 3,000 opposition supporters arrested[7] |
13 soldiers killed[8] 32 soldiers wounded[9] | ||||||||
| *The number of dead on the rebel side includes both opposition fighters and civilian protesters | |||||||||
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Syria_physical_location_map.svg)  Location within Syria | |||||||||
A battle for control of Rastan, a city of 60,000 residents in Homs Governorate, Syria, occurred from 27 September to 1 October 2011. In late September, there were reports of numerous Syrian Army defections in the area, following which the Free Syrian Army took control of Rastan. After a four-day battle, the city was retaken by the Syrian Army.
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