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The Battle of Saadad was fought during the Syrian Civil War, in October 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Sadad, a Christian town with a population that speaks Western Neo-Aramaic. 46 Assyrian/Syriac men, women, and children were killed by rebel forces during the battle.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christians in Syria Feel Forgotten as Mass Graves Found in Sadad )〕 == Battle == On 21 October 2013, the town, which is strategically located between the city of Homs city and the capital Damascus, was reportedly overrun by Islamist militants belonging to the al-Nusra Front.〔 The assault started when two al-Nusra suicide bombers detonated near a gas well,〔 outside the town capturing it as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria Rebels Advance towards Weapons Depots, Says NGO )〕 At the time of the attack, no government military or militia forces were in the town, except local police.〔 Saadad fell without a fight with the police station surrendering.〔 After capturing Sadad, the militants set up loudspeakers in the main square, calling for residents to return to their houses. At least nine people were killed after being found in the streets. Opposition activists claimed the attack was not religiously motivated but rather it was conducted for military reason. However, following the battle, the bodies of almost 50 civilians were discovered in Saadad, including those of seven people, three of them children, in a well.〔 Medical supplies within the town's hospital and the presence of a military depot nearby were also seen as possible reasons for the raid.〔 At the start of the rebel offensive, there were instances of rebels evicting civilians from their homes and turning them into military positions. Rebels also reportedly used civilians as human shields during the battle.〔 By the morning of 22 October, the rebels seemingly abandoned the town and Syrian Army forces were sent in to retake it. It soon became apparent that the militants went into hiding in the orchards and fields and ambushed the Army as it approached.〔 On 23 October, rebels pressed their advance and seized control of Army positions near the weapons depots, by the village of Mahin. As the they advanced, the Syrian Air Force launched air-strikes.〔 On 25 October, AP reported that hundreds of civilians were trapped in Saadad, with Archbishop Silwanos Al-Nemeh saying that the situation was dire and that they were in fear of a massacre. Also, opposition fighters entered the Mar Theodore Church damaging it and stealing Church items.〔 On 26 October, a rebel battalion commander was killed in the clashes in Mahin and Sadad. Fighting was also taking place in the Hawarin and al-Hadath areas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Idlib and pounding on the martyrdom battalion commander fighter in Homs )〕 Some Saadad residents were able to flee the neighbourhoods controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra, which were being bombarded by Army artillery. By 28 October, the Army had taken back control of Sadad with the militants retreating from the town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=L'armée a repris le village chrétien de Sadad )〕 The bodies of 46 civilians,〔 including 15 women, were discovered in Sadad after the rebels pulled back. The opposition activist group the SOHR called it a massacre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=a massacre in Sadad town in Homs )〕 30 of the dead were reportedly found in two mass graves. Another 10 civilians remained missing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria: Bodies of massacred Christians found in mass grave )〕 More than 100 government soldiers and 100 rebels, including 80 jihadists from ISIS and al-Nusra, were killed in the fighting. Foreign rebel fighters were also among the dead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About 50 martyrs in the town is about Christianity )〕 The rebels retreated to the surrounding farmland, with the military in pursuit, and the government news agency reported that the militants had vandalized Sadad's Saint Theodor Church and much of its infrastructure.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian troops retake Christian town from jihadists )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Sadad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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