March 2020 Daraa clashes

March 2020 Daraa clashes
	Part of the Daraa insurgency of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map showing the Daraa insurgency attacks
Date	1–3 March 2020; (2 days)
Location	Western and eastern part of Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Status quo preserved Rebels capture several checkpoints and buildings in Muzayrib, Tafas, and several other towns in the province.; Government control over Al-Sanamayn restored on 3 March after rebels evacuate from the town.;
Belligerents
Syrian Government	Reconciled Free Syrian Army fighters Thuwar al-Sanamayn; Various fighters elsewhere in the province; ; Syrian Opposition loyalists;
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Hossam Louka; (Head of Security Committee in Daraa); Brig. Gen. Louay al-Ali; (Head of Military Intelligence Directorate in Daraa); Thaer Al-Abbas; (leader of Popular Committees in Sanamayn); Imad Jamal al-Labad	Walid al-Zahra † (leader of Thuwar al-Sanamayn)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army 9th Armoured Division 43rd Armoured Brigade; ; 4th Armoured Division; 5th Armoured Division 112th Mechanized Brigade; ; 79th Brigade; 15th Special Forces Division; ; Air Force Intelligence Directorate; National Defense Force Popular Committees (Sanamayn); Imad Jamal al-Labad group; ; Syrian Military Intelligence; ;	Various anti-government militants
Strength
1,000+ soldiers (Sanamayn); Unknown (rest of province)	125 militants (Sanamayn); Unknown (rest of province)
Casualties and losses
4 soldiers killed	10 militants killed; 4 militants wounded
	7 civilians killed, 15 wounded

The March 2020 Daraa clashes was an armed conflict between rebel fighters aligned with the Free Syrian Army and Syrian government forces in the Daraa Governorate. Clashes began after the start of a government security operation against FSA insurgent cells in Al-Sanamayn and other areas in the Daraa governorate that have been active since 2018 after the defeat of rebel forces in the province. This crackdown led to actions of retaliation by rebels across the province that led to levels of fighting unseen on such a scale since the government offensive in 2018. The fighters involved in the attack are believed to be former rebel fighters that surrendered to the government in 2018, as well as former rebels that defected to the government, and had been working against the government from within.