Daraa offensive (February–June 2017)

Daraa offensive (February–June 2017)
	Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of the situation in Daraa city, as of 21 April 2017
Date	First Phase:; 12 February – 8 March 2017; (3 weeks and 3 days); Second Phase:; 6–26 April 2017; (2 weeks and 6 days); Third Phase:; 24 May – 6 June 2017; (1 week and 6 days)
Location	Daraa, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory Rebels initially captures a large part of the al-Manishiyah District, but the offensive soon stalled; The Syrian Army recaptures almost all lost positions, leaving less than 25% of al-Manishiyah rebel-held; Renewed rebel attack leaves the rebels in control of 95% of al-Manishiyah;
Belligerents
Bunyan al-Marsous operations room Tahrir al-Sham; Ahrar al-Sham; Free Syrian Army; Jaysh al-Islam; Jabhat Ansar al-Islam; Alwiya al-Furqan; Jamaat Bayt al-Maqdis al-Islamiya;	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Iran; Russia; Hezbollah; Fatah al-Intifada
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Abdullah; (senior rebel commander); Abu Shaimaa; (Banyan al-Marsous operations room spokesman & commander); Umran Tawfiq Al-Amri †(Ahfad Al-Rasoul Brigade commander)	Brig. Gen. Issa Abdul Karim Mohammed †; Unidentified Syrian Army lieutenant colonel ; Col. Mustafa Zal Nejad †; (IRGC commander)
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Southern Front Alliance of Southern Forces Omari Brigades; Free Nawa Division; Houran Column Division; ; Revolution Army Mu'tazz Billah Army; ; First Corps Dawn of Liberation Division; ; Youth of Sunna Forces; Southern Brigades Aisha, Mother of Believers Brigade; ; 18 March Division Engineering and Rocket Battalion; ; ; Army of Free Tribes; Ahrar al-Sham	Syrian Army 5th Armoured Division 15th Mechanized Brigade; Republican Guard; ; Syrian Air Force; National Defence Forces; IRGC IRGC Ground Forces; Syrian auxiliaries 313 Battalion; Ali Sultan Battalion; ; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force;
Casualties and losses
278+ killed (per gov. sources)	~300 killed, 500+ wounded (per the rebels)
	12+ civilians killed

The Daraa offensive (February–June 2017), code named as the battle of "Death Rather than Humiliation" (Arabic: الموت ولا المذلة) by the rebels, was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels against positions of the Syrian Arab Army in the Manshiyah District of Daraa city, in southern Syria, during the Syrian Civil War.

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