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Daraa offensive (January 2015)

Daraa offensive (January 2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 24–31 January 2015
(1 week)
Location Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

Rebel victory

  • Rebels capture the Brigade 82 base and Shaykh Maskin
  • Army claims to have recaptured the Faroun Storage Facility, Oxygen Plant and Niqta Al-Masarat
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army
Islamic Front
al-Nusra Front

Syrian Armed Forces

Hezbollah
Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Commanders and leaders
Col. Saber Safar
Brig. Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi
(Southern Command commander)
Brig. Assad al Zubi
Capt. Abdul Hakim Eid
(Black Islam Brigade commander)
Maj. Gen. Nadeem Squir Ayman  
(Brigade 82 commander)
Col. Mohammad Jaber
(Suqur al-Sahara commander)
Units involved

Southern Front

Southern Command
Two al-Nusra battalions

5th Mechanized Division

7th Mechanized Division

  • 69th Brigade
Suqur al-Sahara
Strength
Hundreds Unknown
Casualties and losses
77–97 killed
17+ killed

Rebel victory

Syrian Armed Forces

Hezbollah
Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Southern Front

5th Mechanized Division

7th Mechanized Division


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