Battle of Nasib Border Crossing

Battle of Nasib Border Crossing
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map showing the rebel offensive to seize the Nasib Border Crossing
Date	1 April 2015
Location	Nasib Border Crossing, Jordanian–Syrian border, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory Rebels capture the Nasib Border Crossing and the border area between Nasib and Amman; Government forces retreat to the nearby As-Suwayda Governorate; Al-Nusra Front takes at least 25 truck drivers hostage; Tensions and military split between the Al-Nusra Front and the Free Syrian Army;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Force;
Commanders and leaders
Col. Mohammed Khaled al-Duhni; (Falcons of the South leader); Gen. Bashar al-Zoubi; (Yarmouk Army leader); Abu Hadi al-Aboud; (Faloujat Houran Brigade leader); Abu Salah al-Ansari; (Nusra Front Daraa commander)	Unknown
Units involved
Southern Front Falcons of the South;	Nasib border crossing garrison

The Battle of Nasib Border Crossing was a battle on 1 April 2015 during the Syrian Civil War that resulted in anti-government rebels capturing the Nasib Border Crossing, the last Syria government-held border crossing with Jordan.

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