Daraa insurgency

Insurgency in Daraa
	Part of Daraa Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war
Date	23 November 2018 – 5 September 2021; (2 years, 9 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	the Daraa Governorate and Quneitra Governorate, Syria
Status	Syrian government victory
Territorial; changes	Russian military police and Syrian state security entered Daraa al-Balad; Syrian and Russian flags were raised in the neighborhood; Low level insurgency continued;
Belligerents
Syrian Opposition loyalists Ex-rebels in reconciliation zones; Supported by:; 5th Corps' 8th Brigade 5th Corps' 8th Brigade (Occasional clashes)	Syrian Arab Republic
Commanders and leaders
Walid al-Zahra † (leader of Thuwar al-Sanamayn); Mohamad Qassim al-Subhi "Abu Tariq"	Maj. Gen. Maher al-Assad; (head of the 4th Division); Maj. Gen. Hossam Louka; Brig. Gen. Louay al-Ali; Brig. Gen. Hamed Makhlouf †; Col. Mahmoud Habib †
Units involved
Popular Resistance (2018–2020); Southern Brigades (2019); Thuwar al-Sanamayn (2020);	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army 9th Armoured Division 52nd Mechanized Brigade; ; 4th Armoured Division; 5th Armoured Division; 15th Special Forces Division; ; National Defense Forces; Air Force Intelligence Directorate; Military Intelligence Directorate; ; Reconciled rebels working with the government;
Casualties and losses
22+ 40 (Fifth Corps)	567 killed (since early June 2019) 389 government soldiers; 151 reconciled rebels; 27 Syrians affiliated with Hezbollah or Iran-backed groups;
	259 civilians killed (since early June 2019); Total: 888+ killed (since early June 2019)

The Daraa insurgency was a conflict waged against the Syrian government and allies by various anti-government forces in Daraa Governorate as part of the Syrian civil war. Insurgent activity began in late 2018, but drastically increased the following year. Over 1,200 attacks occurred in the year after June 2019, when the insurgency intensified. Tensions between reconciled rebels and the Syrian government would lead to heavy armed clashes between the two sides in 2020 and 2021. The conflict ended with the victory of government forces in 2021.