Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 10 July)
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army[21][22]
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan (Tiger Forces) Col. Ghiath Dalla[28][29] (42nd Armoured Brigade) Wajdi Abu Thalith (Former Omari Brigades Commander, Defected)[30] Brig. Gen. "Abu Yaroub" Sami Fayiz al-Muhithawi † Brig. Gen. Muhammad Naiouf[31] Brig. Gen. Rakan Diab † Brig. Gen. Imad Adnan Ibrahim †[17] (Republican Guard) Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohammad Ali †[17] (Republican Guard) Brig. Gen. Kamal Sarim (WIA) Major Duraid Awad Ali Taha[32](Taha Group) Col. Shady Agha (Liwa al-Quds) Maher Ajeeb Jazza[9] (Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas) Haidar al Jubouri[29] (Liwa Zulfiqar) Sheikh Abu Mu'annis Nabil Saymu'a †[14](Rocks of Urman Battalion)
Muhammad Majid al-Khatib[18] (Criterion Brigades) "Abu Hatem" Rakan al-Khadir (Army of Free Tribes) Abu Ayham (Army of Free Tribes) [33] Ahmad al-Oodah (Youth of Sunna Forces) "Abu Qusay" Adham al-Krad Abu Omar al-Zagloul (Lions of Sunna Brigade) [34] Adnan Al Masalmeh Abu Hussian Jelin (Mu'tazz Billah Army) Abu Hamza Tarbash (Army of the Revolution)
Mohammad al-Refai † (Top commander in Southern Syria)[35]
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces
Syrian Army
Special Forces
Tiger Forces[8]
Taha Group[32]
Raqqa Hawks[12]
14th Special Forces Division
15th Special Forces Division
4th Armoured Division[29]
42nd Armoured Brigade[28]
Republican Guard[9][32]
1st Corps
7th Infantry Division
9th Armoured Division
5th Corps[36]
Al-Tawhid Brigade remnants[37]
National Defense Force
Quneitra Hawks Brigade[38]
Syrian Air Force
Russian Armed Forces
Aerospace Forces
Iraqi Shiite militias
Liwa Zulfiqar[5]
Hezbollah special forces (rebel claim)[8] Iran
IRGC[39]
Eagles of the Whirlwind[14] Druze militias
Mountain Brigade
Rocks of Urman Battalion[14]
Southern Front
Central Operations Room in the South[40]
Omari Brigades
18 March Division
Engineering and Rocket Battalion
Army of the Revolution[36]
Yarmouk Army
Mu'tazz Billah Army[41]
Youth of Sunna Forces
Fallujah Horan Brigade
Lions of Sunna Brigade
Amoud Horan Brigade
Army of the South[42][better source needed]
Jaysh al-Ababil
Qasioun Brigades
Repel the Invaders Operations Room
Al-Hara Military Council
Tasil Military Council
Swords of Truth Room
Liwa Ahrar Qita
Manifest Victory Operations Room
Other operations rooms:
Bunyan al-Marsous Operations Room
Close Ranks Operations Room
Triangle of Death Operations Room
Repel the Aggressors Operations Room
Gathering of Revolutionaries of Mahajah[43]
Ahrar al-Sham
Liwa Omar al-Mukhtar
Liwa Muhammad ibn Abdullah
Liwa al-Fatah
Military of ISIL
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
Strength
40,000[44]
30,000[45] Several hundred[45]
1,200–2,400+[46][47]
Casualties and losses
309 killed[48][21][49]
205 killed[48][50]
310 killed,[21][50][49] 150–200 captured[51][52]
236 civilians killed[48][49]
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Syrian civil war
Timeline
January–April 2011
May–August 2011
September–December 2011
January–April 2012
May–August 2012
September–December 2012
January–April 2013
May–December 2013
January–July 2014
August–December 2014
January–July 2015
August–December 2015
January–April 2016
May–August 2016
September–December 2016
January–April 2017
May–August 2017
September–December 2017
January–April 2018
May–August 2018
September–December 2018
January–April 2019
May–August 2019
September–December 2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Background and causes
Casualties
Cities
map
Terrorism
Massacres
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Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Daraa
Baniyas
Homs (May–August 2011)
Talkalakh
Rastan and Talbiseh
1st Jisr ash-Shughur
1st Jabal al-Zawiya
Hama
Latakia
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Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
Homs (2011–14)
Homs offensive
1st Idlib Gov.
Syrian–Turkish border
Jabal al-Zawiya
1st Idlib City
Saraqeb
1st Rastan
Hama Gov.
Shayrat & Tiyas ambush
Daraa Gov.
1st Rif Dimashq
1st Zabadani
Douma
Deir ez-Zor (2011–2014)
Hatla
Aleppo Gov.
Azaz
2nd Rastan
1st al-Qusayr
2nd Idlib Gov.
Taftanaz
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UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic
Russian involvement
2015 military intervention
Iranian intervention
2017 missile strike
Iran–Israel conflict
2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
Foreign rebel fighters
Turkish involvement
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation
Euphrates Shield
2017 airstrikes
Idlib Governorate operation
Afrin operation
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Israel's role
U.S.-led intervention against ISIL
U.S.-led Intervention
Timeline
List of attacks
2014 rescue operation
May 2015 raid
2017 missile strikes
Qatari involvement
Jordanian intervention
Operation Martyr Muath
Lebanon's role
Saudi involvement
April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
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Daraa Campaign (Syrian Civil War)
1st Daraa
2nd Daraa
3nd Daraa
1st Al-Shaykh Maskin
4th Daraa
1st Daraa and As-Suwayda
5th Daraa
2nd Al-Shaykh Maskin
6th Daraa
7th Daraa
8th Daraa
9th Daraa
10th Daraa
11th Daraa
12th Daraa
The 2018 Southern Syria offensive, code-named Operation Basalt (Arabic: عملية البازلت), was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies against the rebels and ISIL in Southern Syria. The fighting began with a surprise attack on rebel-held areas in the eastern part of the Daraa Governorate in an attempt to fracture rebel-held lines and weaken morale, ahead of their offensive in the greater Southern Syria region.[53]
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^ abc"WATCH: Iranian militia leader appears in video in Daraa". english.alarabiya.net. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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^"Military commander in the Southern Front illustrates latest developments of Daraa". 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ ab"السويداء: "فاطميون" و"النمر" و"حزب الله" لقيادة معركة درعا" [As-Suwayda: Fatimion, Al-Nimr and Hezbollah to lead the battle of Daraa]. Almodon (in Arabic). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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^ abcde"Rebels suffer worst defeat of war after losing #Daraa to Syrian Army - map". Al-Masdar. 21 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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^ abcCite error: The named reference ISneclave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Thomas Joscelyn (11 July 2018). "Islamic State claims suicide attack on Syrian and Russian forces in southern Syria". Long War Journal. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^"After a whole month of military operations and "reconciliations", the regime forces control the entire opposition factions'-controlled areas in Daraa Province". SOHR. 19 July 2018.
^"The displaced convoy departs to the Syrian north and the regime forces regain control of the entire Quneitra Province". SOHR. 31 July 2018.
^"After controlling the entire Yarmouk Basin, the regime forces pursuit about 100 ISIS members at the border with Jordan". SOHR. 31 July 2018. Syrian government retakes Golan Heights frontier with Israel Archived 30 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
^"The Latest: Syrian forces drive IS from Golan frontier". AP NEWS. 30 July 2018.
^"The regime forces deploy at the entire border of Daraa with Jordan, and for the first time in about 5 years they reach the contact lines with Jaysh Khalid Ibn the al-Walid which swore allegiance to ISIS". SOHR. 9 July 2018.
^ ab"SAA's 42nd Brigade redeploys from Golan region to east Daraa". Al-Masdar. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ abcCaleb Weiss (5 July 2018). "Leader of Iranian-backed Shia militia seen inside Syrian military ops room". Long War Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^Al-awsat, Asharq. "Syria: 5 Commanders, 20 Members of Regime Forces Killed East Daraa". aawsat.com.
^"Ivan Sidorenko on Twitter".
^ abcAymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (7 July 2018). "The Southern Campaign: Interview with the Tiger Forces' Taha Regiment". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^"'You're on your own': US tells Syrian rebels it will not intervene in south". Middle East Eye.
^"Daraa: Latest Developments Following the Second Round of Negotiations". Enab Baladi. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^"Top ISIL leaders killed in southern Syria". The National. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ ab"ISIS organization never access to new areas in Daraa western suburbs, Jaish Al Thawura says". Nedaa Syria. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^Leith Aboufadel (16 July 2018). "Former rebels join Syrian Army's offensive in Daraa". al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^Leith Aboufadel (16 July 2018). "Syrian Army captures town near Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (video)". al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^"The Daraa battle that has no horizon". english.alarabiya.net. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^"Central military operations room in south of Syria". Syria Call. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^"Assad's Forces Attempt Progress towards Tafass City from Three Axes". Enab Baladi. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^"Rebels in Daraa form new army to fight Syrian forces". Al-Masdar. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^"Military factions announced the formation of a "gathering of revolutionaries Mahja" Badra". SMART News Agency. 19 June 2018. [permanent dead link]
^"Syrie: 40000 soldats syriens face à 30000 rebelles à Deraa et Quneitra". 22 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ ab"Who are the rebels in southern Syria?". AFP. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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^Andrew Illingworth. "8,000 to 11,000 ISIS militants still present across Syria – estimates". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018. "Over 400 rebels allegedly defect to ISIS in west Daraa". Al-Masdar. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ abc"After the death of about 550 civilians, fighters, and members in less than a month, the regime forces complete their control over Muthallath al-Mawt and expand their control to 91% of Daraa's area". SOHR. 17 July 2018.
^ abc"Regime's helicopters re-target the valleys in which tens of members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid and hundreds of civilians are fortifying in at Yarmouk Basin after failing to reach a conclusion". SOHR. 1 August 2018.
^ abCite error: The named reference ISIL seize was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"In exchange for the release of al-Suwaidaa abductees, Yarmouk Basin is undergoing negotiations between the regime and ISIS to move the last 100 remaining members of Jaysh Khaled and about the "presumed 150 captive" towards the desert". SOHR. 31 July 2018.
^"Syrian captures more than 200 terrorists alive in largest ISIS mass surrender (video)". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^"Syrian Army attempts to advance in east Daraa before upcoming offensive". Al-Masdar. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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