2018 Southern Syria offensive
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The 2018 Southern Syria offensive, code-named Operation Basalt (Arabic: عملية البازلت), was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies against the rebels and ISIL in Southern Syria. The fighting began with a surprise attack on rebel-held areas in the eastern part of the Daraa Governorate in an attempt to fracture rebel-held lines and weaken morale, ahead of their offensive in the greater Southern Syria region.[53]
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2018 Southern Syria offensive | ||||||||
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Part of the Daraa Governorate campaign and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | ||||||||
Map of the operation Syrian Army control
Syrian Opposition control
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control
Reconciliation areas with no Syrian government presence | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Russia (since 24 June)[6][7][8] Iran[9][10] Allied militias: Palestine Liberation Army[11] Liwa al-Quds[12] Iraqi Shiite militias[10] Hezbollah (rebel claim)[13] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[14][15] Liwa Fatemiyoun[16] Ba'ath Brigades[17] As-Sa'iqa[18] SSNP[19] Druze militias[19] |
Criterion Brigades [23] Tahrir al-Sham [24][20] Jaysh al-Islam [25][20] |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 10 July) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Brig. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan (Tiger Forces) Col. Ghiath Dalla[28][29] (42nd Armoured Brigade) Wajdi Abu Thalith (Former Omari Brigades Commander, Defected)[30] Brig. Gen. "Abu Yaroub" Sami Fayiz al-Muhithawi † Brig. Gen. Muhammad Naiouf[31] Brig. Gen. Rakan Diab † Brig. Gen. Imad Adnan Ibrahim †[22] (Republican Guard) Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohammad Ali †[22] (Republican Guard) Brig. Gen. Kamal Sarim (WIA) Major Duraid Awad Ali Taha[32] (Taha Group) Col. Shady Agha (Liwa al-Quds) Maher Ajeeb Jazza[14] (Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas) Haidar al Jubouri[29] (Liwa Zulfiqar) Sheikh Abu Mu'annis Nabil Saymu'a †[19] (Rocks of Urman Battalion) |
Muhammad Majid al-Khatib[23] (Criterion Brigades) "Abu Hatem" Rakan al-Khadir (Army of Free Tribes) Abu Ayham (Army of Free Tribes) [33] Ahmad al-Oodah (Youth of Sunna Forces) "Abu Qusay" Adham al-Krad Abu Omar al-Zagloul (Lions of Sunna Brigade) [34] Adnan Al Masalmeh Abu Hussian Jelin (Mu'tazz Billah Army) Abu Hamza Tarbash (Army of the Revolution) | Mohammad al-Refai † (Top commander in Southern Syria)[35] | ||||||
Units involved | ||||||||
Hezbollah special forces (rebel claim)[13] Eagles of the Whirlwind[19]
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Gathering of Revolutionaries of Mahajah[43]
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Strength | ||||||||
40,000[44] |
30,000[45] Several hundred[45] | 1,200–2,400+[46][47] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
309 killed[48][26][49] | 205 killed[48][50] |
310 killed,[26][50][49] 150–200 captured[51][52] | ||||||
236 civilians killed[48][49] |
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