Muʿaddamiyyat ash-shame

معضمية الشام Muʿaddamiyyat ash-sham
Muʿaddamiyyat al-Sham
Coordinates	33 ° 46 ′  N , 36 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′  N , 36 ° 19 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq

Poison gas attack on Ghouta

Muʿaddamiyyat ash-shame ( Arabic معضمية الشام, DMG Muʿaḍḍamīyat aš-Šām , tooالمعضمية / al-Muʿaḍḍamīya ) is a Syrian city in the Rif Dimashq governorate .

The place is located around 10 kilometers southwest of Damascus in the Ghouta region . The neighboring town to the east is Darayya . During the civil war in Syria , the city was the scene of fierce fighting several times. The city has been surrounded by the Syrian armed forces since 2013 . On June 1, 2016, an aid convoy with 26 trucks reached the place.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wall Street Journal: Syrian regime chokes off food to Town That Was Gassed
2. ↑ Handelsblatt.de: Fight against IS, pressure on Raqqa is increasing