Adra massacre

On December 11, 2013, around 6 o'clock in the morning, a large quantity of militants from all over the eastern Ghouta headed towards the north and attacked the checkpoints of the town Adra located at the very northern end of the East Ghouta Damascus countryside. Thanks to their strength in numbers - apparently in the thousands - they had no problems overrunning the checkpoints and killing everyone manning them. According to some reports, the operation was led by Zahran Alloush.

Several public buildings including the bread factory were taken over, a large number of hostages taken, many civilians killed, apparently both randomly and according to prefabricated lists of loyalists and/or minority members. Fire was set to buildings in several neighborhoods.

Reported numbers of murdered civilians vary between a few dozens and 200 as of two days later.

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