Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018)

Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018)
	Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign of the Syrian Civil War and Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of the operation
Date	19 April – 21 May 2018; (1 month and 2 days)
Location	Yarmouk Camp, al-Hajar al-Aswad, Qadam, and Tadamon, southern Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory The Syrian Army captured the entire rebel-held pocket in south Damascus after reaching an evacuation agreement; After major advances the Syrian Army reaches an evacuation agreement with ISIL; Following ISIL's evacuation, the Syrian military fully took control of the capital and its nearby governorate after 6 years, successfully ending the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic; Palestinian Syrian militias; Hezbollah; Arab Nationalist Guard; Russia	Islamic State Wilayat Dimashq; ; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham ; Jaysh al-Islam ; Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis (remnants) ;
Commanders and leaders
Hassan Yusuf Mohammad † ; Saed Abd Al-Aal (WIA); (Free Palestine Movement)	Unknown
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 4th Armoured Division 42nd Brigade; National Shield; ; 7th Mechanized Division; 9th Armoured Division; Republican Guard; ; National Defence Forces; ; Palestinian Syrian militias Palestine Liberation Army; PFLP–GC; Liwa al-Quds; Fatah al-Intifada; Galilee Forces; Free Palestine Movement; As-Sa'iqa; Palestinian Popular Struggle Front; ; Return Forces (Palestinian Hezbollah affiliate); Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; ;	Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown	1,500–2,500
Casualties and losses
273 killed	233–350+ killed 19 killed; 10 killed
	73 civilians killed

The Southern Damascus offensive began on 19 April 2018 when the Syrian Arab Armed Forces began to clear an enclave held by the Islamic State (IS) in southern Damascus in the Yarmouk Camp.