2015 Southern Syria offensive

2015 Southern Syria offensive
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Syrian Government control Opposition control Contested
Date	7 February – 13 March 2015; (1 month and 6 days)
Location	Daraa Governorate, Rif Dimashq Governorate and Quneitra Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian Army and allies victory (Phase one); Stalemate (Phase two) Government forces capture seven towns and villages and eight hills;
Belligerents
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council Free Syrian Army; Islamic Front; Islamic Muthanna Movement; al-Nusra Front; Jamaat Bayt al-Maqdis al-Islamiya	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defence Force; Hezbollah; Iranian IRGC; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada; Jaysh al-Wafaa
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Bashar al-Zoubi; (Southern Front leader); Maj. Abu Osama al-Jolani; Col. Saber Safar; (leader of the First Army); Mukhtar Abu Omar †; (top military leader of al-Nusra Front in Southern Syria)	Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani; Mustafa Badr Al Din; Maj. Gen. Suheil Salman Hassan; (5th Mechanized Division); Brig. Gen. Mahmoud Mustafa †; Col. Abbas Abdollahi †; Alireza Tavassoli †; (Liwa Fatemiyoun leader)
Units involved
Southern Front First Army; Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham;	5th Mechanized Division; 7th Infantry Division; 9th Armored Division; 10th Armored Division
Strength
2,500	5,000 300 Hezbollah;
Casualties and losses
294 killed (Syrian Army claim); 300 killed and wounded (rebel claim)	63 killed (Syrian Army claim); 43 killed, 10–12 executed, 40 captured (SOHR claim); 400 killed (rebel claim)

The 2015 Southern Syria offensive, code-named "Operation Martyrs of Quneitra", was an offensive launched in southern Syria during the Syrian Civil War by the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces. Government forces also include Iranian sponsored Afghani Shi'ite volunteer militias. The name "Operation Martyrs of Quneitra" refers to the January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident, in which several high level Hezbollah and IRGC members were killed in an Israeli strike.

After Syrian troops and their allies captured 15 towns, villages and hills, the operation slowed and stalled during attempts to advance on Kafr Shams and Kafr Nasij. The gains by pro-government troops were described as limited, while the pro-Damascus As-Safir reported the gains were a "devastating" defeat for the rebels. Most viewed the offensive as unsuccessful, with the rebels "weathering" the "collapsed" offensive.

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