2014 Quneitra offensive

Quneitra offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Road from Quneitra to Damascus in the offensive zone (photo taken in 2005)
Date 27 August – 23 September 2014 (3 weeks and 5 days) Location Quneitra Governorate and Daraa Governorate, Syria Result Rebel victory Rebels take control of about 80 percent of towns and villages in Quneitra province and seize the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan. Rebels capture the Quneitra Crossing, ten villages/towns, one base and two strategic hills Rebels pull back from western Damascus countryside into northern Daraa countryside Al-Nusra Front takes 45 U.N. peacekeepers hostage on August 28(released on 12 September) Army counter-attack on Mashara repelled.
Belligerents
SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	UNDOF
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad Majid al-Khatib (Alwiya al-Furqan leader) Abu Uthman (Ansar al-Huda commander)	Brigadier-general Nazir Fuddah	Lt. Gen. Iqbal Singh Singha
Units involved
Alwiya al-Furqan Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Huda Ababil Houran Brigade Fursan al-Ababil brigade Jabhat Ansar al-Islam Youth of Sunnah Brigade Quneitra Military Council	7th Division 90th Brigade	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown	UNDOF: Hundreds 119–120 (Quneitra border crossing area)
Casualties and losses
76+ rebels killed	71+ Syrian soldiers killed 11+ captured 1 Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet downed by Israel	44–45 U.N. peacekeepers captured

Rebel victory

SRCC

Syrian Arab Republic

Alwiya al-Furqan
Ahrar ash-Sham
Ansar al-Huda
Ababil Houran Brigade
Fursan al-Ababil brigade
Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Youth of Sunnah Brigade

7th Division

The 2014 Quneitra offensive, code-named “The Real Promise” or "Chargers of Dawn", was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian civil war in Quneitra Governorate, in an attempt to take control of several sections in the central part of the province and around Quneitra city "with the aim of opening the way to Damascus."

The Quneitra Crossing is considered to be a "gateway" into Damascus from the west. The rebel capture of the crossing meant that the rebels gained control over a long section of the border with Lebanon (Sheikh Mountains), Jordan and the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights.

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