 Over the next four days, several unsuccessful Army counter-attacks were conducted in an attempt to recapture the town.At the same time elsewhere, rebel attacks on the villages of Ma’an, Kawkab and Jubbayn, were repelled by government troops.On 2 September, a low-flying Aérospatiale Gazelle in the area was destroyed mid-air by a Jaish al-Izza BGM-71 TOW missile.