Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)
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The Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) was a military operation of two groups allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement, against Syrian opposition forces in the Daraa Governorate.[6]
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Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Free Syrian Army[6] Alwiya al-Furqan[7] al-Nusra Front[6] al-Murabitin Brigade[3][4] (since 28 March) | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abu Salah al-Masalma †[6][8] (al-Nusra general commander of Daraa Governorate) Abu Adham †[9] (al-Nusra commander of Tasil) Abu Kinan al-Sharif (commander of the Yarmouk Army)[10] Hussin Massaid[11] (Southern Front field commander) |
Abu Abdullah al-Madani[1][12] (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade emir) Abu Tahrir †[13] (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade field commander) Unknown Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade commander †[14] Abu Ayyub[4] (Muthanna Movement emir) Abu Omar Sawa'iq[5] (Muthanna Movement second-in-command) Muhammad Refa`ie †[15] (Muthanna Movement general commander) Abu Umar †[16] (Muthanna Movement field commander) Abu Obeid Sheikh Saad †[7] (Muthanna Movement field commander) Abu Abdul Karim (POW)[3][4] (Muthanna Movement commander in Daraa city) Ahmad Sameera[17] (Ansar al-Aqsa commander) Malek Faisal[17] (Ansar al-Aqsa commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade[9] Islamic Muthanna Movement[6][19] Ansar al-Aqsa[12] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown
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800–1,200+[29] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
93 fighters killed on both sides (per pro-Syrian gov. source)[31] 25 civilians killed[32][33] (several executed by ISIL)[6] 8,200 civilians displaced[34] |
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