The recent recapture of Yarmouk refugee camp and the surrounding areas gave Assad a strong foothold in areas of Damascus previously contested or held by rebels. As civilians started to come back to Damascus suburban areas, large Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces were deployed elsewhere for new offensives.

One of the units that fought in the Yarmouk refugee camp and subsequently redeployed on a new front was the elite 4th Division Al Ghaith forces. Newly surfaced open source data suggested that a large offensive is being planned at the Quneitera region, south west from Damascus.

On June 1, a video appeared on Twitter, which claimed to depict 4th Division Al Ghaith forces preparing for an offensive in the vicinity of Baath city. Al-Ghaith group, under the 42th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Syrian Arab Army, is specifically trained for urban combat and counter-insurgency warfare and successfully fought Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other terrorist organizations in the past.

Video claiming to have captured Al-Ghaith group in Baath city. (Source: Twitter / @lummideast)

@DFRLab analyzed available geolocation data in the video and confirmed the location to be in Baath city, Quneitera region. The apartment building complex in the video is located in the western part of Baath city, less than two kilometers away from the Israeli controlled Golan Heights.