Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)

Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)
Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War

A Free Syrian Army T-55 during the battles against ISIL west of Daraa.


Map of the offensive within the wider context of South-western Syria. The simultaneously rebel offensive in Daraa city is marked with a hatched box.
Date20–27 February 2017
(1 week)
Location
Southwestern Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

ISIL victory

  • ISIL captured Tasil, four other towns and villages, two bases and two hills[2][3][4]
  • Rebels recaptured two villages[5]
Belligerents

Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army

Tahrir al-Sham[1]
Strength
1,100–1,500+[6][7] Several hundred[8]
Casualties and losses
36 killed[9] 174 killed, dozens missing[10]
9 civilians killed[9]

The Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017) was launched by an ISIL affiliate, the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, in the southwest of Syria near the Golan Heights and on the border with Israel and Jordan.

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  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference syriahr20170227 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Is Islamic State coming to Israel?". The Economist. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ^ Tomson, Chris (5 March 2017). "Tides turn in Daraa as the Syrian Army begins counter-offensive in provincial capital". Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bloody was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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