Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)

Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date	25 June – 10 July 2015; (2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Daraa, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian Army victory
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Southern Front; Army of Free Tribes; Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham; al-Nusra Front; Jaysh al-Islam Islamic Muthanna Movement	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Force;
Commanders and leaders
Zahran Alloush Zakaria Abboud (Falluja Houran commander); Amin Abboud (Falluja Houran deputy commander)	Mohammed Khaled al-Hannous; (Daraa governor)
Strength
5,000+	Unknown
Casualties and losses
70+ killed (SOHR claim); 200+ killed (SAA claim); 200 killed (Al Rai claim)	34+ killed, 3 captured (SOHR claim); 28 killed (military claim)
	11 civilians killed

The Daraa offensive ("Operation Southern Storm" or "Aasefat al-Janoub") was a rebel operation in the Daraa Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War. It was led by the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army and also included the Army of Conquest "southern sector", of which the Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham are part of, against Syrian government forces defending Daraa city and the surrounding towns.

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