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Daraa offensive (November 2014)

First Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014
(1 month and 2 weeks)
Location Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

Partial rebel victory

  • Rebels capture Nawa, three strategical hills, seven bases, the Hawi checkpoint and the al-Dalli area
  • Rebels break the siege of Al-Shaykh Maskin and Nawa
  • Al-Shaykh Maskin divided between a rebel-held west and government-held east
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi
(Southern Command commander)
Gen. Assad al Zubi
Capt. Abdul Hakim
(Black Islam Brigade commander)
Abu Humam Jazrawi 
(local Nusra leader)
Col. Mohammad Jaber
(Suqur al-Sahara commander)
Hassan Hazbawi 
(IRGC 64th Artillery Group)
Unknown Hezbollah leader 
Units involved

Southern Command
Southern Front

Two al-Nusra battalions

5th Mechanized Division

  • 12th Brigade
  • 175th Brigade

7th Mechanized Division

  • 69th Brigade
Suqur al-Sahara
Strength
Unknown 1,900+ fighters (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses
200 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November) 58 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November)

Partial rebel victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Southern Command
Southern Front

5th Mechanized Division


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