Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2014)

Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2014); معركة الشيخ مسكين (2014)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map showing the rebel advances and government counterattacks
Date	1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014; (1 month and 2 weeks)
Location	Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Partial rebel victory Rebels capture Nawa, three strategical hills, seven bases, the Hawi checkpoint and the al-Dalli area; Rebels break the siege of Al-Shaykh Maskin and Nawa; Al-Shaykh Maskin divided between a rebel-held west and government-held east;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Islamic Front; Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defence Force; Hezbollah; Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada; Supported by: Iranian IRGC;
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi; (Southern Command commander); Gen. Assad al Zubi; Capt. Abdul Hakim; (Lions of Islam Brigade commander); Abu Humam Jazrawi †; (local Nusra leader)	Col. Mohammad Jaber; (Suqur al-Sahara commander); Hassan Hazbawi †; (IRGC 64th Artillery Group); Unknown Hezbollah leader †
Units involved
Southern Command; Southern Front First Corps; Liwa Burj al-Islam; Lions of Islam Brigade; Syria Revolutionaries Front; Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade; Two al-Nusra battalions	5th Mechanized Division 12th Brigade; 175th Brigade; 7th Mechanized Division 69th Brigade; Suqur al-Sahara
Strength
Unknown	1,900+ fighters (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses
200 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November)	58 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November)

The Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (Arabic: معركة الشيخ مسكين الأولى) started with a Syrian Arab Army attempt, during the Syrian civil war in Daraa Governorate, to capture Al-Shaykh Maskin and thus secure the Daraa–Damascus highway. Two days later, the rebels launched their offensive, code-named "Edkholo Alayhem al-Bab" (Enter upon them through the gate) and "Hadm al-Jedar" (Demolition Of The Wall), to take control of Al-Shaykh Maskin and the nearby town of Nawa.

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