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The 2015 Southern Syria offensive, code-named "Ali Allah Dadi for Quneitra Martyrs", was an offensive launched in southern Syria during the Syrian civil war by the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps forces. Government forces also include Iranian sponsored Afghani Shi'ite volunteer militias.〔 The name "Operation Martyrs of Quneitra" refers to the January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident, in which several high level Hezbollah and IRGC members were killed in an Israeli strike. After Syrian troops and their allies captured 15 towns, villages and hills,〔〔〔 the operation slowed and stalled〔 during attempts to advance on Kafr Shams and Kafr Nasij.〔 The gains by pro-government troops were described as limited,〔 while the pro-Damascus As-Safir reported the gains were a "devastating" defeat for the rebels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jabhat al-Nusra looks for battlefield breakout - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East )〕 Most viewed the offensive as unsuccessful, with the rebels "weathering" the "collapsed" offensive. ==Background== In October 2014, the rebels captured the electronic warfare station at Tal al-Harra thanks to the defection of General Mahmoud Abu Araj, who remained in his Syrian Arab Army position while passing intel to insurgent forces and sowing discord between Army forces and their Iranian allies; this led to the execution of as many as 56 Army officers in an attempt to stem the intel leaks. The recapture of Tal al-Harra would be one of the main objectives of the coming offensive. The strategic aims of the offensive were recapture Tal al-Harra,〔(الصحافة اليوم 12-02-2014: الجيش )〕 the elimination of a perceived rebel-Israeli buffer zone protected by Al-Nusra Front forces in the area between Israel and Syria, guarding the Syrian capital of Damascus against further rebel encroachment, preventing the Syrian rebels from establishing a southeastern front in Lebanon and cutting off rebel supply lines leading to Jordan. An additional aim of the offensive was the creation of a Hezbollah-controlled "Golan front"〔"Resistance front" and "third front" are also used〕 against Israel. The offensive focused on a triangle of rebel-held territory from rural areas southwest of Damascus to Daraa city to Quneitra,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian Army Regains Ground from Rebels in the South )〕 with the initial focus being on seizing the villages of Kafr Shams, Zimreen and Deir al-Adas. A source close to senior Hezbollah figures stated that the start date of the offensive was accelerated due to the assassination carried out by Israel in the Golan heights of several high-ranking Hezbollah and Iranian military figures.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Southern Syria offensive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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