Battle of Safira

Battle of As-Safira
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date	6–19 February 2013
Location	As-Safira, Syria
Result	Indecisive Rebel forces capture most of the town, but suffer heavy losses; Syrian Army continues to hold the military factory and establishes a land route for reinforcements;
Belligerents
Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Armed Forces
Units involved
Unknown	9th Armoured Division; Independent Artillery Brigade; Independent Infantry Brigade
Strength
1,600 fighters	1,200 soldiers
Casualties and losses
200+ killed	7+ killed

The Battle of Safira was fought in February 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of al-Safira, which holds a key position on the M5 Motorway, where a major battle for the city had been raging for the previous seven months. Al-Safira is also next to important weapon factories and the government's largest chemical weapons stockpiles.