Significant Offensives in Syria: June 6 - June 9, 2015
July 9, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Syria%20Offensives%20Map%2008%20JUL%2015%20Shrunk_cut_high-02_1.png?itok=B3rC4DhL)
Syrian rebel factions launched long-awaited offensives against the isolated provincial capitals of Dera’a and Aleppo Cities, located in southern and northern Syria respectively. The fall of either city to rebel forces including Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra would overturn the stalemate that has long characterized the Syrian Civil War, opening the door to further offensives against core regime terrain in Damascus and the Syrian Coast.