Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign

Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign consisted of several battles and offensives across the governorate including the Syrian capital of Damascus:

Offensives

 * Rif Dimashq clashes (November 2011–March 2012): Damascus centre under government control, protests largely suppressed in the city.
 * Battle of Damascus (2012): rebels first infiltration of Damascus from the surrounding countryside.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (August–October 2012): Syrian Army seizes more than half a dozen rebel-held towns north, west and south of Damascus, rebels retain control of the Ghouta area, east of Damascus.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013): Free Syrian Army takes control of Darayya, Zamalka, Harasta and Arbin, offensive stalls in early January 2013, due to continuing air-strikes. Army launches a major offensive on rebel-held Darayya in mid-January.
 * Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat (November 2012–October 2016): rebels surrender Darayya as well as Mudamiyat al-Sham to the government and leave both towns.
 * Damascus offensive (2013) (6 February – 25 March 2013): rebel operations around Damascus city ring.
 * Siege of Eastern Ghouta (May 2013 – April 2018): The Syrian Army captures Eastern Ghouta.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013): Syrian Army captures the towns of Jdaidet al-Fadl, Jdeidit Artouz, Otaiba, Qaysa, Jarba, Harran Al-Awamid and Abadeh cutting the main rebel supply line into Damascus. Syrian Army surrounds the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, surrounds and partially advances into the rebel-held Qaboun, Barzeh and Jobar suburbs.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013): Syrian Army captures the towns of Shaba’a, Sheikh Omar, al-Thiabiya, Husseiniya, Bweida, Hatetat al-Turkman, Al-Sabinah.
 * Battle of Al-Malihah: Syrian Army captures Al-Maliha after a four-month battle.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014): Syrian Army captures Heteta al-Jersh and Adra and recaptures al-Dukhaniyya and Kabbasa.
 * Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015): the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) invades Yarmouk Camp, with aid from al-Nusra Front, and manages to capture 95% of the camp on 7 April, before Syrian rebel groups and the Syrian Army launch a counterattack on 12 April to drive ISIL and al-Nusra Front out of the area.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (September 2015): limited rebel gains.
 * Al-Dumayr offensive (April 2016): Syrian Army repels ISIL's offensive.
 * East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2016): rebel infighting between Jaish al-Fustat and Jaysh al-Islam.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (April–May 2016): Army territorial gains in rebel strongholds of Deir al-Asafir and Zabdin.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (June–October 2016): Large Army gains in the northeastern section of Eastern Ghouta.
 * Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016): Indecisive.
 * Khan al-Shih offensive (October–November 2016): Army captures the Khan al-Shih rebel pocket of Western Ghouta.
 * Wadi Barada offensive (2016–17): Army captures Wadi Barada after a three-year siege.
 * Qaboun offensive (2017): Army captures the Qaboun, Barzeh and Tishrin neighborhoods of Damascus.
 * East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2017): Indecisive.
 * Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017): Syrian Army and allies victory.
 * 2017 Jobar offensive: Syrian Army offensive stalled; Army advance on Jobar repelled by rebels.
 * Beit Jinn offensive: Syrian forces regain control of Beit Jinn.
 * Battle of Harasta (2017–18): Indecisive.
 * Southern Damascus offensive (January - February 2018): ISIS seize 90% of Yarmouk.
 * Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018): decisive Syrian Army and allies Victory. Syrian government takes control over the Eastern Ghouta.
 * 2nd Southern Damascus offensive (March 2018): ISIL victory.
 * Eastern Qalamoun offensive (April 2018): Syrian Army and allies victory.
 * 3rd Southern Damascus offensive (April-May 2018): Syrian Army and allies victory. Syrian government regains control over the whole Rif Dimashq and Damascus Governorates.