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#REDIRECT [[Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)]]
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|planned_by = Allegedly [[Al-Nusra Front]]<br />Allegedly Israel<ref name="israelstrike"/>
|objective = Strategic weapons depots and weapons convoys<ref name="israelstrike">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-reportedly-hits-hezbollah-assad-targets-in-syria/|title=Israel reportedly hits Hezbollah, Assad targets in Syria|work=The Times of Israel|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref>
|executed = 22–26 April 2015
|executed_by = Alleged [[Al-Nusra Front]] responsibility<br />Alleged [[Israeli Air Force]] involvement<ref name="israelstrike"/>
|outcome = Unknown
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{{Campaignbox Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War}}
The '''April 2015 Qalamoun incident''' was a series of attacks made on targets in [[An-Nabek District|Qalamoun region]] of [[Syria]] on the morning on 25 April 2015. The targets were the Brigade 155 (main Syrian [[Scud]] missile-base) and Brigade 65 bases in the Qalamoun.<ref name="israelstrike"/> Two weapons convoys were also targeted, reportedly killing one person.<ref name="newinfo2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Apr-27/295832-hezbollah-keeps-quiet-about-border-airstrike.ashx|title=Hezbollah keeps quiet about border airstrike|work=The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref> According to an opposition source, the targets were [[Hezbollah]] camps and ammo storages within the two bases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Syria_Rebel_Obs/status/591733768739790851|title=Syrian Rebellion Obs on Twitter|via=Twitter|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref> Several explosions were heard in the areas of Kteife, Yabrud and a village in Qalamoun.<ref name="israelstrike"/> Plumes of smoke were seen above the Brigade 65 base, shortly after the strikes.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

According to conflicting sources, the attack was attributed to a ground attack by [[Al-Nusra Front]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4650983,00.html|title=Sources: Israel not behind second attack on Syria-Lebanon border|work=ynet|date=27 April 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2015|last1=Ben-Yishai |first1=Ron }}</ref> or an air operation of the [[Israeli Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/176776|title=Report: Israel Targets Hizbullah Arms Depot in Qalamoun|work=Naharnet|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref> Unprecedently, unlike previous cases of no comment, Israeli official sources denied any involvement of Israeli forces in the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.653718|title=Israel denies report it struck near Syria-Lebanon border|date=27 April 2015|work=Haaretz.com|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref>{{Portal|Asia}}

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[[Category:April 2015 events in Syria]]
[[Category:Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Airstrikes during the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Military operations of the Syrian civil war in 2015]]
[[Category:Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the al-Nusra Front]]
[[Category:Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Hezbollah–Israel conflict]]
[[Category:Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war]]

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