Dunstan writes that on the evening of the next day, the division commander, Colonel Tewfiq Juhni, had established a supply and administrative complex in the Khishniyah area.

[17] During the next two days, elements of the division fought along the Syrian salient in the southern Golan, taking part in the battles around Nafach, Khishniyah and the area around Al-‘Al.

On 10 October, along with other elements of the Syrian Army, the last remnants of the division finally withdrew after hard fighting against the Israeli defenders.

To protect the town against the advancing Israeli forces, infantry units and elements of the 76th Armoured Brigade were dispatched.

At the same time forces of the 3rd Armoured Division began moving south along the Bekaa Valley to help against the Israeli attack.

Finally, after heavy fighting, the division successfully staved off the Israeli troops and continued to hold the eastern part of the Beirut - Damascus line.

Despite the losses the Syrians suffered, this battle is considered a great success because the Israeli effort was curbed.

[21] Between February and April 2012, the 76th Armoured Brigade '..conducted a series of violent clearance operations in rural Idlib Governorate, during which its soldiers committed numerous atrocities across a swath of Syrian villages and left behind graffiti proclaiming the work of the "Death Brigade".