Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)
| Daraa offensive (June–July 2015) | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Zahran Alloush Zakaria Abboud (Falluja Houran commander); Amin Abboud (Falluja Houran deputy commander) |
Mohammed Khaled al-Hannous (Daraa governor) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000+ | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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70+ killed (SOHR claim) 200+ killed (SAA claim) 200 killed (Al Rai claim) |
34+ killed, 3 captured (SOHR claim) 28 killed (military claim) | ||||||
| 11 civilians killed | |||||||
The Daraa offensive ("Operation Southern Storm" or "Aasefat al-Janoub") was a rebel operation in the Daraa Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War. It was led by the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army and also included the Army of Conquest "southern sector", of which the Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham are part of, against Syrian government forces defending Daraa city and the surrounding towns.