November 2011 Daraa province ambush

Daraa province ambush
Part of 2011 Syrian uprising
Date 14 November 2011 Location Daraa Governorate, Syria Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army	Syrian Army
Casualties and losses
12 killed	34 killed
23 civilians killed

The Daraa province ambush was a military confrontation, between the Syrian Army and deserting soldiers calling themselves the Free Syrian Army, in which up to 69 people were killed.

The Ambush

On 14 November, 2011, Syrian army defectors ambushed regular Syrian army forces near the Jordanian border in the province of Daraa which led to heavy fighting. The clashes went on for four hours. An opposition activist near the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh stated that he saw two destroyed armored personnel carriers and the bodies of 12 civilians. A total of 23 civilians were reported killed in the area.^[1] According to an opposition rights group, "Twenty-three people were shot dead by security forces posted along the road between the towns of Kherbet Ghazale and Hirak".^[2] 34 soldiers and 12 defectors were also killed in the fighting.^[3]

References

1. ^ Syrian Soldiers Killed in Clash With Defectors
2. ^ Syria's 'bloodiest day' leaves scores dead
3. ^ Dozens killed in Syria as Jordan king tells Assad to go