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* Government forces capture seven towns and villages and eight hills<ref name="futile"/><ref name="26members"/><ref name="al_Sayyad"/>
* Government forces capture six towns and villages and six hills<ref name="futile"/><ref name="26members"/><ref name="al_Sayyad"/>
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Rajm al-Sayd hill, also known as Tal al-Sayyad.<ref>[http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=30455 Update1-Army wrests control of key towns in several provinces]</ref><ref name="al_Sayyad">[https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/572311004123680768 Elijah J. Magnier in Twitter]</ref> Syrian troops and Hezbollah also managed to advance to within 10 kilometers from Tal al-Harra, capturing hills overlooking it.<ref name="al_Sayyad"/>
Rajm al-Sayd hill, also known as Tal al-Sayyad.<ref>[http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=30455 Update1-Army wrests control of key towns in several provinces]</ref><ref name="al_Sayyad">[https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/572311004123680768 Elijah J. Magnier in Twitter]</ref> Syrian troops and Hezbollah also managed to advance to within 10 kilometers from Tal al-Harra, capturing hills overlooking it.<ref name="al_Sayyad"/>


On 3 March, it was reported that seven Afghan pro-government fighters were buried, including the commander of the Afghan volunteer Fatemiyoun Brigade, Alireza Tavassoli, who was killed on 28 February in Daraa province.<ref name="tavassoli">[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-03/289440-iran-mourns-7-afghans-killed-fighting-for-damascus-ally.ashx?utm_content=buffer52e8f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Iran mourns 7 Afghans killed fighting for Damascus ally]</ref>
On 3 March, it was reported that seven Afghan pro-government fighters were buried, including the commander of the Afghan volunteer Fatemiyoun Brigade, Alireza Tavassoli, who was killed on 28 February in Daraa province.<ref name="tavassoli">[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-03/289440-iran-mourns-7-afghans-killed-fighting-for-damascus-ally.ashx?utm_content=buffer52e8f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Iran mourns 7 Afghans killed fighting for Damascus ally]</ref> It was also reported that rebels had been able to retake the town of Sultaniyah, as well as the Fatima and Qareen hills in a counteroffensive against loyalist forces in Daraa <ref>https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/564911-southern-syria-fighting-heats-up</ref>


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Revision as of 17:25, 3 March 2015

2015 Southern Syria offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War

  Syrian Government control
  Opposition control
  Contested
Date7 February 2015 – ongoing
(9 years, 7 months and 2 days)
Location
Daraa Governorate, Rif Dimashq Governorate and Quneitra Governorate, Syria
Result

Ongoing

  • Government forces capture six towns and villages and six hills[4][5][6]
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army
Al-Nusra Front
Islamic Front

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Iranian IRGC[1]
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[2]

Jaysh al-Wafaa[3]
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Bashar al-Zoubi
(Southern Front leader)
Maj. Abu Osama al-Jolani[7]
Mukhtar Abu Omar †
(top military leader of Al Nusra in Southern Syria)[8][9]		 Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani[10]
Mustafa Badr Al Din[11]
Maj. Gen. Suheil Salman Hassan
(5th Mechanized Division)
Brig. Gen. Omar Abrash
(7th Mechanized Division)
Col. Abbas Abdollahi †[12][13]
Alireza Tavassoli †
(commander of Fatemiyoun Brigade)[14]
Units involved
Southern Front 5th Mechanized Division[15]
7th Infantry Division[15]
9th Armored Division[15]
10th Armored Division[16]
"Fatimiden" Brigade[17]
Strength
Unknown

∼5,000[18][19]

  • 300 Hezbollah fighters[7]
Casualties and losses
174 killed (Army claim)
[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
50+ killed (SOHR claim)[28]		 56 killed (Army claim)[20][24][26]
43 killed, 10–12 executed, 40 captured (opposition claim)[17][28][29]

The 2015 Southern Syria offensive, code-named "Ali Allah Dadi for Quneitra Martyrs",[30] is an ongoing offensive launched in southern Syria during the Syrian civil war by the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps forces.[31]

The strategic aims of the offensive are the elimination of a rebel-Israeli buffer zone protected by Al-Nusra Front forces in the area between Israel and Syria, guarding the Syrian capital of Damascus against further rebel encroachment, preventing the Syrian rebels from establishing a southeastern front in Lebanon and cutting off rebel supply lines leading to Jordan.[32] An additional aim of the offensive is the creation of a Hezbollah-controlled "Golan front"[nb 1] against Israel.[33][34][35][36][37] The offensive focuses on a triangle of rebel-held territory from rural areas southwest of Damascus to Daraa city to Quneitra,[38] with the initial focus being on seizing the villages of Kafr Shams, Zimreen and Deir al-Adas.[15]

Offensive

Initial government advance

On 7 February 2015, the Army's 5th Armored Division, along with reinforcements from the 7th Infantry Division, launched the offensive in the northern part of Daraa province.[15] During the first day's fighting, 10 rebels were killed in clashes around Kafr Shams.[39]

On 8 February, government forces bombarded multiple towns in Daraa province[40] and heavy fighting ensued which left 11 rebels dead. The heaviest clashes occurred at Kafr Shams.[41] The military also bombarded the towns of Om Batena and Mashara in the Quneitra province,[42] as the Army's 9th Division launched an offensive in that governorate as well. According to a military source, government forces captured several hills.[20] Meanwhile, in Rif Dimashq province government troops managed to capture Tall Marri hill, but were unable to advance towards the town of Deir Makir.[43] The capture of Tall Marri hill was significant because it cut a rebel supply line and increased the isolation of rebel-held pockets around the city of Damascus.[44]

On 9 February, fighting erupted in Deir Makir[45] and around Deir al-Adas in Daraa where four rebels were killed and two Army tanks were destroyed.[46] By the end of the day, the Army, supported by the NDF, Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, advanced in the al-Ollayqat area near Deir al-Adas.[47] Military sources reported that 65% Deir al-Adas, as well as Tal Ghasham near Kafr Shams, were captured.[21] The Army also captured the village of Tayha.[48]

According to the rebels, government troops were supported by a large number of Afghan fighters as well during the offensive in Daraa and Rif Dimashq.[49]

On the morning of 10 February, the Army ambushed a group of Al-Nusra Front rebels at the village of Mahjat, in northern Daraa, leaving between 8 and 19 fighters dead.[22][50] Meanwhile, fighting in Der al-Adas left another eight rebels dead,[51] while government troops advanced and captured Deir Makir,[52][53] al-Danaji[18][54] and Habariyah.[55] Later the military secured Deir al-Adas,[23][56][57] with over 40 rebels and 23 soldiers being killed during the battle for the town.[23]

During the day, government artillery and air strikes hit rebel positions in Mashara, directly east of Quneitra and Harrah, to cut off rebels in Daraa from the Golan.[18] A reporter for the Lebanese al-Mayadeen news channel, embedded with the Syrian Army, reported from Quneitra that the offensive had cut an important rebel supply route from Jordan to opposition-held areas west of Damascus.[53] Army artillery from Tall Ghurabah hill also struck rebel positions on Tall Antar hill, near Kafr Shams, during the day.[58]

On 11 February, the Army and Hezbollah captured the hills of al-Arus and al-Sarja,[59][60] near Deir Makir and al-Mseeh hill near Deir al Adas,[4] and advanced towards Sultaniyah,[61][62] which they bombarded.[59] Meanwhile, Harrah residents reportedly asked rebel fighters to evacuate so to avoid any potential clashes in the town.[63] At this point, the second phase of the government's Daraa offensive was started with fighting happening all along the frontline.[64] In Rif Dimashq, according to SOHR, fighting raged around Tall Fatima hill where a number of soldiers were captured, as well as around Hamrit with one tank being destroyed, and over Tall Antar and Tall Alaqiyah.[65][66]

On 12 February, rapid advances by government forces slowed because of a snowstorm in the region.[67] Still, the military captured the Ghirbal area of the town of Kafr Nasij, where fighters from Deir al-Adas had retreated to and were continuing to fight. After this, the commander of the rebel FSA 24th Division issued an urgent call for reinforcements.[68][69] Fierce fighting also occurred in Sultaniyah,[70] while the Army seized Tall Fatima hill[16] and pushed the rebels toward Tall Qrein hill.[71] Kafr Shams was also coming under attack.[72]

Stalemate

In the following days, the rebels managed to recapture Tayha and Habariyah.[73]

On 14 February, government forces continued to bombard Kafr Shams, Kafr Nasij and Tall Antar hill.[74] Two Iranian IRGC officers (one of them a colonel) were killed in Kafr Nasij that day,[12] while two reporters from the pro-government Al-Ekhbaria TV channel were wounded by rebel shelling on Deir al-Adas.[75] According to the SOHR, 10 soldiers were executed on the charge of passing information to the enemy,[28] while 5,000 more reinforcements were ordered to fight the rebels in the south.[76] An Al-Nusra Front counter-attack on Deir al-Adas was reportedly repelled with 19 rebels and 11 soldiers being killed.[25]

On 15 February, the Syrian Air Force resumed bombing rebel positions, after being forced to remain on the ground for five days due to bad weather conditions.[77] Rebels claimed to have captured a senior Iranian officer and a Russian military missile system operator on the Daraa frontline.[17] However, the Southern Front spokesman denied the claim of Iranian prisoners, but confirmed that the bodies of the two Iranian officers were in rebel possession.[78]

On 17 February, a Hezbollah attack on Mashara was repelled.[78] Still, fighting continued in the area of the village and the next day a military source reported Hezbollah had captured Syria Tel Hill.[79] At the same time, the al-Nusra Front started a counter-attack to recapture all ground lost since the start of the offensive and managed to advance near al-Danaji.[80]

On 19 February, the al-Nusra Front recaptured Tall Fatima and advanced towards Deir Maker. However, after fierce resistance from the 9th Armored Division, al-Nusra retreated to the recently captured hill after suffering 22 dead.[27] The next day, a military source reported that Hezbollah continued their fierce assault on the al-Nusra Front south of the recently captured Syria Tel Hill, where they reportedly advanced further south in the village of Mashara, while in Al-Hamidiyyeh, the 9th Armored Division reportedly progressed towards the village cemetery after fierce clashes for two straight days.[81] Later in the day, the Army recaptured Tall Fatima.[82] However, on 21 February, fighting renewed for Tall Fatima.[83]

On 25 February, after three days of inactivity due to harsh weather,[84] Hezbollah made an attempt to capture Al-Hamidiyyeh[85] and reportedly killed 16 rebels.[86]

Renewed government advance

Over 27 and 28 February,[87] government troops captured Sultaniyah, Habariyah, Hamrit and Sabsabah, as well as Tall Qrein and Tall Fatima hills.[5][88] The battle for Tall Qrein lasted two hours.[88] Heavy fighting continued in the Tal al-Allaqiya, Tal Samn, Aqrabah, Simlin[89] and around Kafr Nasij and Kafr Shams where government forces attempted to advance.[90] In addition, the government news agency SANA reported the Army captured the village of Nabe’ al-Sakher and Tall al-Bazzaq and Tall Antar hills, although this was not independently confirmed.[91][87] During the two-day clashes, at least 26 soldiers and 19–51 rebels were killed.[5][92][93]

On 1 March, the Army made new attempts to advance at Kafr Shams,[94] while the capture of Tall al-Bazzaq was confirmed,[95] as well as Rajm al-Sayd hill, also known as Tal al-Sayyad.[96][6] Syrian troops and Hezbollah also managed to advance to within 10 kilometers from Tal al-Harra, capturing hills overlooking it.[6]

On 3 March, it was reported that seven Afghan pro-government fighters were buried, including the commander of the Afghan volunteer Fatemiyoun Brigade, Alireza Tavassoli, who was killed on 28 February in Daraa province.[14] It was also reported that rebels had been able to retake the town of Sultaniyah, as well as the Fatima and Qareen hills in a counteroffensive against loyalist forces in Daraa [97]

Notes

  1. ^ "Resistance front" and "third front" are also used

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  96. ^ Update1-Army wrests control of key towns in several provinces
  97. ^ https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/564911-southern-syria-fighting-heats-up
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