Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)

Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)
	Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the ; Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War
Date	21 March – 8 April 2016; (2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory ISIL captures nine towns and villages; Rebels recapture all towns and villages from ISIL; Pro-opposition "al-Murabitin Brigade" defects from the pro-ISIL Islamic Muthanna Movement; Islamic Muthanna Movement loses almost all of its territory and merges with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Alwiya al-Furqan; al-Nusra Front; al-Murabitin Brigade (since 28 March)	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Abu Salah al-Masalma †; (al-Nusra general commander of Daraa Governorate); Abu Adham †; (al-Nusra commander of Tasil); Abu Kinan al-Sharif; (commander of the Yarmouk Army); Hussein Massaid; (Southern Front field commander)	Abu Abdullah al-Madani; (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade emir); Abu Tahrir †; (Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade field commander); Unknown Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade commander †; Abu Ayyub; (Muthanna Movement emir); Abu Omar Sawa'iq; (Muthanna Movement second-in-command); Muhammad Refa`ie †; (Muthanna Movement general commander); Abu Umar †; (Muthanna Movement field commander); Abu Obeid Sheikh Saad †; (Muthanna Movement field commander); Abu Abdul Karim (POW); (Muthanna Movement commander in Daraa city); Ahmad Sameera; (Ansar al-Aqsa commander); Malek Faisal; (Ansar al-Aqsa commander)
Units involved
Southern Front "House of Justice" operations room Yarmouk Army; al-Moutazz Billah Brigade; Muhajerin and Ansar Brigade; Dawn of Islam Division; Youth of Sunnah Brigade; Tahrir al-Sham Division; ; Omari Brigades; Hamza Division; First Army; Mujahideen of Hawran Brigades; Martyr Raed al-Masri Brigade; Liwa Awwal Mahaam Khassa; Ahrar ash-Sham; Jaysh al-Islam; Jasim Military Council	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade; Islamic Muthanna Movement; Ansar al-Aqsa
Strength
Unknown 60+ (al-Murabitin Brigade);	800–1,200+ c. 100 in Inkhil;
Casualties and losses
	93 fighters killed on both sides; (per pro-Syrian gov. source); 25 civilians killed (several executed by ISIL); 8,200 civilians displaced

The Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) was a military operation of two groups allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement, against Syrian opposition forces in the Daraa Governorate.