For the 2013 Daraa offensive, see 2013 Daraa offensive.The 2014 Daraa offensive (also known as the Battle of Geneva Houran) was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by rebel forces, including the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front and Al-Nusra Front, to push back government forces in the Daraa Governorate, Quneitra Governorate, and As-Suwayda Governorate, in southwestern Syria, and thus opening the road to Damascus.The offensive was launched on 3 February 2014 and declared after a meeting between FSA battalions and Islamic factions, which established a joint operations room.
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| - For the 2013 Daraa offensive, see 2013 Daraa offensive.The 2014 Daraa offensive (also known as the Battle of Geneva Houran) was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by rebel forces, including the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front and Al-Nusra Front, to push back government forces in the Daraa Governorate, Quneitra Governorate, and As-Suwayda Governorate, in southwestern Syria, and thus opening the road to Damascus.The offensive was launched on 3 February 2014 and declared after a meeting between FSA battalions and Islamic factions, which established a joint operations room.
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| - Daraa offensive (February–May 2014)
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| - Syrian Arab Republic
- Hezbollah
- *National Defense Force
- *Syrian Armed Forces
- Free Syrian Army
- Islamic Front
- Al-Nusra Front
- Ahrar ash-Sham
- Arab Nationalist Guard
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- *Rebel attack on Busra al-Sham repelled
- *Rebels capture the Gharaz central prison, Daraa grain silos, three villages, five strategic hills, Battalion 508 and Brigade 61 HQ.
- *Army captures two areas south of Quneitra city, and Tal Buraq hill
- *Rebels temporarily lift the siege of Nawa, before it was besieged again
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| - 17,000 soldiers and militiamen
- 30,000 fighters
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