Daraa offensive (January 2015)

Daraa offensive (January 2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Map of the battle for Shaykh Maskin
Date 24–31 January 2015 (1 week) Location Daraa Governorate, Syria Result Rebel victory Rebels capture the Brigade 82 base[5][6][7] and Shaykh Maskin[8][9] Army claims to have recaptured the Faroun Storage Facility, Oxygen Plant and Niqta Al-Masarat[10][11]
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army[1] Islamic Front[1] al-Nusra Front[1]	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army National Defence Force Hezbollah[2] Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[3][4] Supported by: Iranian IRGC[4]
Commanders and leaders
Col. Saber Safar[12] Brig. Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi[13] (Southern Command commander) Brig. Assad al Zubi[1] Capt. Abdul Hakim Eid[14] (Black Islam Brigade commander)	Maj. Gen. Nadeem Squir Ayman  †[15][16] (Brigade 82 commander) Col. Mohammad Jaber[17] (Suqur al-Sahara commander)
Units involved
Southern Front First Army[12] First Corps[13] Liwa Burj al-Islam[13] Black Islam Brigade[14] Southern Command[13] Two al-Nusra battalions[13]	5th Mechanized Division[18] 12th Brigade[19] 175th Brigade[19] 7th Mechanized Division 69th Brigade[17] Suqur al-Sahara[17]
Strength
Hundreds[9]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
77–97 killed [20][21][22][23][10][11]	17+ killed[6][11]

The Daraa offensive (January 2015), was a rebel offensive launched in Daraa Governorate during the Syrian civil war, in an attempt to capture the remaining Army positions in Shaykh Maskin,^[24] and thus secure the Daraa–Damascus highway,^[25] and other positions in Daraa province.^[26]