Daraa offensive (January 2015)

Rebel victory Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah[2] Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[3][4] Supported by: Southern Front 5th Mechanized Division[18] 7th Mechanized Division Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels U.S.-led intervention against ISIL The Daraa offensive (January 2015), was a rebel offensive launched in Daraa Governorate during the Syrian civil war, in an attempt to capture the remaining Army positions in Shaykh Maskin,[24] and thus secure the Daraa–Damascus highway,[25] and other positions in Daraa province.

[26] According to the news agency Alaan, rebels also captured the radar base in the northwest of the town.

[9] On 29 January, rebels advanced near Al-Suhayliyyeh and Dilli, capturing farms adjacent to the northern part of Shaykh Maskin.

However, according to Al-Masdar, the Army recaptured the Faroun Storage Facility and positions in Dilli after these initial gains.

[10] Two days later, the Army launched a counter-offensive on Brigade 82, claiming that it recaptured the Oxygen Plant and Niqta Al-Masarat and advanced to the base's northern entrance in its outskirts.