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First Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin

First Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014
(1 month and 2 weeks)
Location Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

Partial rebel victory

  • Rebels capture Nawa, three strategical hills, seven bases, the Hawi checkpoint and the al-Dalli area
  • Rebels break the siege of Al-Shaykh Maskin and Nawa
  • Al-Shaykh Maskin divided between a rebel-held west and government-held east
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi
(Southern Command commander)
Gen. Assad al Zubi
Capt. Abdul Hakim
(Black Islam Brigade commander)
Abu Humam Jazrawi †
(local Nusra leader)
Col. Mohammad Jaber
(Suqur al-Sahara commander)
Hassan Hazbawi †
(IRGC 64th Artillery Group)
Unknown Hezbollah leader †
Units involved

Southern Command
Southern Front

Two al-Nusra battalions

5th Mechanized Division

  • 12th Brigade
  • 175th Brigade

7th Mechanized Division

  • 69th Brigade
Suqur al-Sahara
Strength
Unknown 1,900+ fighters (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses
200 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November) 58 killed (pro-government claim; by 10 November)

Partial rebel victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Supported by:

Southern Command
Southern Front

5th Mechanized Division


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