Daraa Governorate clashes (2011–13)

2011–2013 Daraa Governorate clashes
Part of the Syrian civil war
Date 14 November 2011 - 3 January 2013 Location Daraa Governorate, Syria Result FSA captures several districts Daraa City, and other towns in the Daraa Province 2012 Army counter-offensives FSA forces launch an offensive to capture the entire governorate.
Belligerents
Syrian National Coalition Free Syrian Army	Syrian government Syrian Army Syrian Air Force Security agencies Shabiha
Commanders and leaders
LTC. Yasser al-Abboud Muammar Kaif	Gen. Mohsin Makhlouf Col. Saleh Nejdah
Units involved
Unknown	5th Mechanized Division 15th Mechanized Brigade 4th Armoured Division 555th SF (Airborne) Regiment 61st Army Regiment
Strength
4,000	3,000
Casualties and losses
~950 killed	526 killed
at least 470 civilians and protesters killed, several dozen wounded and 190 detained

Syrian National Coalition

Syrian government

5th Mechanized Division

4th Armoured Division

The 2011–2012 Daraa Governorate clashes are a series of military confrontations between the Syrian Army and the Free Syrian Army in Daraa Governorate, Syria, which began in November 2011, after widescale protests and crackdown on protesters in Daraa had lasted since April 2011. The clashes had been ongoing as part of the Syrian Civil War, until the U.N. brokered cease fire came into effect on 14 April 2012. Sporadic clashes have continued since then, however.

Although there were some civilian protests, Arab League observers have been posted in the area, and one of them claimed to see snipers in the city. "We saw snipers in the town, we saw them with our own eyes," the observer told residents in a conversation filmed and posted online. "We're going to ask the government to remove them immediately. We'll be in touch with the Arab League back in Cairo. If the snipers are not gone in 24 hours, then there will be other measures taken." Civilian protesters have died.

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