2021 Daraa offensive

2021 Daraa offensive
Part of the Daraa insurgency of the Syrian civil war

Locations of the clashes
Date29 July – 5 September 2021[1]
(1 month and 1 week)
Location
Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result Syrian government victory
Territorial
changes
  • Rebels storm 18 checkpoints[2]
  • Russian military police and Syrian state security enter Daraa al-Balad; Syrian and Russian flags raised in the neighborhood[3][1]
Belligerents
 Syria Reconciled rebels
 Syrian opposition loyalists
8th Brigade of the 5th Corps (occasional clashes)
Commanders and leaders
Firas Issa[4]
Unnamed Brigadier †		 Unknown
Mohamed Hilal Zatima †
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Military Intelligence Directorate[4]
Air Force Intelligence Directorate[6]		 Anti-government militants
Armed locals[6]
Casualties and losses
26 killed[7]
40 captured[2][8]		 17 killed[7]
22 civilians killed[7]

The 2021 Daraa offensive was an offensive between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces in the Daraa Governorate, as part of the Daraa insurgency.[9][10] The offensive saw heavy clashes throughout the governorate, particularly in the Daraa al-Balad neighborhood, which was besieged by government troops.

The clashes were the fiercest Daraa had witnessed since the Syrian Army 2018 offensive.[11]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SOHRalbalad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Cautious calm in Daraa awaiting negotiations results | Above 20 local civilians and fighters killed by regime forces fire during largest escalation in three years". 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Truce reached in Syria's Deraa after months of fighting: Reports". www.aljazeera.com. 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference aymenn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "مقتل شاب برصاص قوات النظام في درعا البلد ومطالبات أهلية بإفراغ المنطقة من أهلها وسكانها بعد تصعيد قوات النظام الأخير" (in Arabic). SOHR. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference aymenn2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c "Syria regime forces enter Daraa under truce: monitor". SOHR. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "مقتل وإصابة 12 عنصرًا من قوات النظام في هجوم لمسلحين محليين على حواجز عسكرية/" (in Arabic). SOHR. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Heavy clashes grip southern Syria's Deraa province, monitor says". Al Jazeera English. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Thousands flee Assad regime offensive in southern Syria". The National. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Syrian Rebels Attack Army Outposts in Southern Syria". US News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.