The Syrian Arab Army’s 15th Brigade of the 5th Armored Division and their allies are rolling through the strategic city of Sheikh Miskeen in the Dara’a Governorate’s northern countryside, seizing several building blocks from the Islamist rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jabhat Al-Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) this morning.

According to video footage from today’s battle inside of Sheikh Miskeen, the Syrian Arab Army’s 15th Brigade and their allies have reached the Al-‘Umari Mosque that is situated just north of the city-center; this means that the pro-government forces are now in control of at least 25 percent of the city, if not more.

The Syrian Arab Army’s 15th Brigade is leading this attack, but there are several militias and divisions involved, including the SAA’s 7th Armored Division and the National Defense Forces (NDF) of Izra’a; these groups previously handled the fighting in northern Dara’a, while the 5th Armored Division concentrated on the southern part of the province.

The Islamist rebels have issued a distress call to all able-bodied rebels to assist them against the advancing pro-government forces that have seized large parts of Sheikh Miskeen and its surrounding area – so far, only the Islamist groups like Jabhat Al-Nusra have answered their call for help.