Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights
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The Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights was a major 1973 Arab–Israeli War operation in which Syrian forces launched a surprise attack to recapture the Israeli-held Golan plateau.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights Context triple: [Ramadan War, notableEvent, Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights]
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Idlib offensive
The Idlib offensive was a major military campaign in northwestern Syria involving government forces, rebel groups, and foreign actors, centered on control of the last significant opposition-held stronghold during the Syrian Civil War.
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Operation Euphrates Shield
Operation Euphrates Shield was a Turkish-led military intervention launched in northern Syria in 2016 to push back ISIS and limit Kurdish militia influence along Turkey’s border.
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Samarra offensive
The Samarra offensive was a World War I campaign on the Mesopotamian front in 1917, in which Ottoman and British forces fought for control of the strategically important city of Samarra in present-day Iraq.
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Roman counteroffensive in Syria
The Roman counteroffensive in Syria was a major imperial campaign in the mid-2nd century AD in which Roman forces pushed back Parthian advances, restored control over key eastern provinces, and reasserted Roman dominance in the Near East.
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Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam and U.S. forces, marked by large-scale armored assaults and intense fighting across multiple fronts.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights Target entity description: The Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights was a major 1973 Arab–Israeli War operation in which Syrian forces launched a surprise attack to recapture the Israeli-held Golan plateau.
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A.
Idlib offensive
The Idlib offensive was a major military campaign in northwestern Syria involving government forces, rebel groups, and foreign actors, centered on control of the last significant opposition-held stronghold during the Syrian Civil War.
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B.
Operation Euphrates Shield
Operation Euphrates Shield was a Turkish-led military intervention launched in northern Syria in 2016 to push back ISIS and limit Kurdish militia influence along Turkey’s border.
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C.
Samarra offensive
The Samarra offensive was a World War I campaign on the Mesopotamian front in 1917, in which Ottoman and British forces fought for control of the strategically important city of Samarra in present-day Iraq.
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D.
Roman counteroffensive in Syria
The Roman counteroffensive in Syria was a major imperial campaign in the mid-2nd century AD in which Roman forces pushed back Parthian advances, restored control over key eastern provinces, and reasserted Roman dominance in the Near East.
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E.
Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam and U.S. forces, marked by large-scale armored assaults and intense fighting across multiple fronts.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| airForcesInvolved |
Israeli Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Syrian attack on the Golan Heights in the Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | Syrian attempt to reverse 1967 territorial losses ⓘ |
| conflict | Arab–Israeli conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | conventional interstate war operation ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith | Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | October 1973 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1973-10-10 ⓘ |
| frontLength | approximately 60 kilometers ⓘ |
| frontType | northern front of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialSyrianSuccess | penetration of Israeli forward defenses ⓘ |
| laterPhase | Israeli counteroffensive on the Golan Heights ⓘ |
| location |
Golan Heights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian–Israeli front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Golan Heights front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of the Valley of Tears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | recapture the Golan Heights from Israel ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Israeli armored brigades
ⓘ
Israeli reserve forces ⓘ |
| opposedObjective | maintain Israeli control of the Golan Heights ⓘ |
| partOf |
1973 Arab–Israeli War
ⓘ
Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights in 1967 ⓘ |
| primaryAttackingForce | Syrian Arab Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingForce | Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTerrain |
hilly terrain
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plateau ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Israeli counterattack into Syrian territory ⓘ |
| result |
Israeli defensive victory
ⓘ
Israeli forces retain control of most of the Golan Heights ⓘ Syrian advance halted ⓘ |
| simultaneousWith | Egyptian offensive in the Sinai Peninsula ⓘ |
| startDate | 1973-10-06 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of high ground overlooking northern Israel and southern Syria ⓘ |
| surpriseAttack | true ⓘ |
| tacticsUsed |
air support
ⓘ
armored assaults ⓘ artillery barrages ⓘ |
| theater | Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfAttack | Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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