Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)

Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)
	Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War
	; A Free Syrian Army T-55 during the battles against ISIL west of Daraa.; ; ; Map of the offensive within the wider context of South-western Syria. The simultaneously rebel offensive in Daraa city is marked with a hatched box.
Date	20–27 February 2017; (1 week)
Location	Southwestern Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	ISIL victory ISIL captured Tasil, four other towns and villages, two bases and two hills; Rebels recaptured two villages;
Belligerents
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Khalid ibn al-Walid Army;	Free Syrian Army Southern Front; Tahrir al-Sham
Strength
1,100–1,500+	Several hundred
Casualties and losses
36 killed	174 killed, dozens missing
	9 civilians killed

The Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017) was launched by an ISIL affiliate, the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, in the southwest of Syria near the Golan Heights and on the border with Israel and Jordan.

^ ^a ^b Tomson, Chris (22 February 2017). "Islamic State militants capture three new sites in western Daraa". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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[newsites-1] Tomson, Chris (22 February 2017). "Islamic State militants capture three new sites in western Daraa". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[2] Tomson, Chris (20 February 2017). "Massive rebel collapse in Daraa as ISIS sweeps through several towns". Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[3] "مستجدات حوض اليرموك , تقدم لداعش وقتلى بصفوف الثوار - وكالة خطوة الإخبارية". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[4] "تقدم جديد لداعش في حوض اليرموك، وسط معارك كر وفر - وكالة خطوة الإخبارية". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[syriahr20170227-5] Cite error: The named reference syriahr20170227 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] "Is Islamic State coming to Israel?". The Economist. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[carter-7] "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[tides_turn-8] Tomson, Chris (5 March 2017). "Tides turn in Daraa as the Syrian Army begins counter-offensive in provincial capital". Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[bloody-9] Cite error: The named reference bloody was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[martyrs-10] Cite error: The named reference martyrs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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