Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)

Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017)
Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the Inter-rebel conflict of the Syrian Civil War

A Free Syrian Army T-55 during the battles against ISIL west of Daraa.


Map of the offensive within the wider context of South-western Syria. The simultaneously rebel offensive in Daraa city is marked with a hatched box.
Date20–27 February 2017
(1 week)
Location
Southwestern Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

ISIL victory

  • ISIL captured Tasil, four other towns and villages, two bases and two hills
  • Rebels recaptured two villages
Belligerents
 Islamic State Southern Front
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Units involved
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Unknown
Strength
1,100–1,500+ Several hundred
Casualties and losses
36 killed 174 killed, dozens missing
9 civilians killed

The Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017) was launched by an Islamic State affiliate, the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, in the southwest of Syria near the Golan Heights and on the border with Israel and Jordan.