Back هجوم جنوب غرب درعا (فبراير 2017) Arabic Ofensiva de Daraa suroccidental (febrero de 2017) Spanish Offensive de Tasil (2017) French Az Iszlám Állam daraai offenzívája Hungarian

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.

  1. ^ a b Tomson, Chris (22 February 2017). "Islamic State militants capture three new sites in western Daraa". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ Tomson, Chris (20 February 2017). "Massive rebel collapse in Daraa as ISIS sweeps through several towns". Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "مستجدات حوض اليرموك , تقدم لداعش وقتلى بصفوف الثوار - وكالة خطوة الإخبارية". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "تقدم جديد لداعش في حوض اليرموك، وسط معارك كر وفر - وكالة خطوة الإخبارية". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  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).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference martyrs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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