Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)

Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)
	Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the ; Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War
Date	21 March – 8 April 2016; (2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory ISIL captures nine towns and villages; Rebels recapture all towns and villages from ISIL; Pro-opposition "al-Murabitin Brigade" defects from the pro-ISIL Islamic Muthanna Movement; Islamic Muthanna Movement loses almost all of its territory and merges with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Alwiya al-Furqan; al-Nusra Front; al-Murabitin Brigade (since 28 March)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Abu Salah al-Masalma †; (al-Nusra general commander of Daraa Governorate); Abu Adham †; (al-Nusra commander of Tasil); Abu Kinan al-Sharif; (commander of the Yarmouk Army); Hussin Massaid; (Southern Front field commander)	Abu Abdullah al-Madani; (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade emir); Abu Tahrir †; (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade field commander); Unknown Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade commander †; Abu Ayyub; (Muthanna Movement emir); Abu Omar Sawa'iq; (Muthanna Movement second-in-command); Muhammad Refa`ie †; (Muthanna Movement general commander); Abu Umar †; (Muthanna Movement field commander); Abu Obeid Sheikh Saad †; (Muthanna Movement field commander); Abu Abdul Karim (POW); (Muthanna Movement commander in Daraa city); Ahmad Sameera; (Ansar al-Aqsa commander); Malek Faisal; (Ansar al-Aqsa commander)
Units involved
Southern Front "House of Justice" operations room Yarmouk Army; al-Moutazz Billah Brigade; Muhajerin and Ansar Brigade; Dawn of Islam Division; Youth of Sunnah Brigade; Tahrir al-Sham Division; ; Omari Brigades; Hamza Division; Mujahideen of Hawran Brigades; Martyr Raed al-Masri Brigade; Liwa Awwal Mahaam Khassa; Ahrar ash-Sham; Jaysh al-Islam; Jasim Military Council	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade; Islamic Muthanna Movement; Ansar al-Aqsa
Strength
Unknown 60+ (al-Murabitin Brigade);	800–1,200+ c. 100 in Inkhil;
Casualties and losses
	93 fighters killed on both sides; (per pro-Syrian gov. source); 25 civilians killed (several executed by ISIL); 8,200 civilians displaced

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.

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