The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Large demonstration in Maarrat al-Nu’man against al-Nusra and violent clashes in the western countryside of Daraa

Daraa Province:
Violent clashes are taking place near the town of Hait in the western countryside of Daraa, between the rebel and Islamic factions and Jabhat Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Levant) against Suhada’a al-Yarmouk Brigade who swore allegiance to the “Islamic State”, accompanied by mutual shelling between both parties, while a loud explosion was heard in the area, and information about casualties, while a man from the city of Inkhel died affected by injuries he had earlier during clashes in the city between the rebel and Islamic factions against a faction close to the “Islamic state” organization, also an unidentified gunmen assassinated a “former Sharia man in House of Justice in Hauran”, they shot him at the outskirts of al-Sahwa area in the eastern countryside of Daraa before fleeing away, also a man from the town of Jiza died under torture in the prisons of the regime forces after being detained for nearly three years.

 

Idlib Province:
Tens of people started a demonstration in Maarrat al-Nu’man city and gathered in one of the city’s squares, where they renewed their demands of freedom and for Jabhat Al-Nusra to get out of the city as they have always done previously in the demonstrations against Bashar al-Assad