Quneitra offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Road from Quneitra to Damascus (48690282).jpg
Road from Quneitra to Damascus in the offensive zone (photo taken in 2005)
Date27 August – 23 September 2014
(3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Quneitra Governorate and Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result

Rebel victory

  • Rebels take control of about 80 percent of towns and villages in Quneitra province and seize the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan.
  • Rebels capture the Quneitra Crossing, ten villages/towns, one base and two strategic hills
  • Rebels pull back from western Damascus countryside into northern Daraa countryside
  • Al-Nusra Front takes 45 U.N. peacekeepers hostage on 28 August(released on 12 September)
  • Army counter-attack on Mashara repelled.
Belligerents

SRCC

  • Free Syrian Army
  • Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front

SyriaSyrian Arab Republic

  • Syrian Armed Forces
  • National Defense Force
United NationsUNDOF
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad Majid al-Khatib
(Alwiya al-Furqan leader)
Abu Uthman
(Ansar al-Huda commander)
Brigadier-general Nazir Fuddah[citation needed]Lt. Gen. Iqbal Singh Singha
Units involved

Alwiya al-Furqan
Ahrar ash-Sham
Ansar al-Huda
Ababil Houran Brigade
Fursan al-Ababil brigade
Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Youth of Sunnah Brigade

Quneitra Military Council

7th Division

90th Brigade
Unknown
Strength
UnknownUnknownUNDOF: Hundreds
119–120
(Quneitra border crossing area)
Casualties and losses
76+ rebels killed71+ Syrian soldiers killed
11+ captured
1 Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet downed by Israel
44–45 U.N. peacekeepers captured