Original sentence: During the Syrian Civil War, on 26 July 2012, fighting was reported in the Al-Hajar al-Aswad suburb of the capital, a place described as home to thousands of poor refugees from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights who were at the forefront of the movement against Assad.On 19 November, rebels seized the headquarters of an army battalion and air defense base on the edge of the suburb, making it the nearest military base to Central Damascus to fall under rebel control.On 27 July 2012, the army took it back.On 30 October 2012, clashes broke out in Al-Hajar Al-Aswad between rebels and the army, spreading into the adjacent Yarmuk Palestinian camp.On late May 21, 2018, ISIL fully left Southern Damascus, thus allowing the Syrian Arab Army to control fully the capital after 6 years.The Free Syrian Army had withdrawn to the southern suburb of Al-Hajar al-Aswad with the suburb being shelled by Government forces and an activist in the area said that there were still ongoing clashes in the south of the city.The district became a hotspot for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant activity, whom controlled large areas of the district and used it for a staging ground for their assault on Yarmouk Camp in 2015.The entire location of Al Hajar al Aswad was captured from ISIL by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on May 16th, 2018.ln January 2014, reports indicated that opposition fighters fleeing the fallen towns are concentrated in the remaining strongholds, particularly Al-Hajar al-Aswad
Edited sentence: During the Syrian Civil War the district became a hotspot for Islamic State militant activity, whom controlled large areas of the district and used it for a staging ground for their assault on Yarmouk Camp in 2015.On late May 21, 2018, the Islamic State fully left Southern Damascus, thus allowing the Syrian Arab Army to control and fully liberate the capital after 6 years.The entire location of Al Hajar al Aswad was liberated of ISIL by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on May 16th, 2018