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 6 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 28 August(released on 12 September); Army counter-attack on Mashara repelled.;
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	1 Israeli soldier wounded

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.