Injuries in Al-Suwaidaa countryside and clashes in Rif Dimashq Desert result in new advancement by regime forces near the border with Jordan
Al-Suwaidaa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: explosions were heard in the western countryside of Al-Suwaidaa, which caused by the fall of shells on areas in Al-Dur Village, which caused a number of wounded, some of them are in serious cases.
Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Desert in the south-eastern Rif Dimashq is witnessing continuous clashes between regime forces supported by Militiamen loyal to them on one hand, and the fighters of Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiyyah and the forces of Ahmad al-Abdu on the other, where the clashes concentrated near Mahruthah area, and other areas near the Syrian – Jordanian border, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that regime forces managed to advance in the area and take the control of a border post and other positions of which were controlled by the factions, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published previously that regime forces managed to take the control of about 5 positions of which were controlled by the factions including border posts, where the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting between the both parties, and shelling by regime forces on the clash areas and the locations of the factions’ presence, and information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties.
The SOHR also published on the 10th of August 2017 that the regime forces advancement left the factions with no door to the outside in east and southeast of Syria, except for a border strip on the southeast border of Rif Dimashq with Jordan, in addition to a border strip with Iraq extending over the provinces of Rif Dimashq and Homs, which includes al-Tanf border crossing between Syria and Iraq. This advancement came after more than a month of a continuous attack by the regime forces about a month ago; after less than 48 hours of the start of the Syrian south truce, of which the factions working in the countryside of al-Suwaidaa said that they were not notified by any party about the agreement and its items, which took place by a Russian-American-Jordanian consensus and entered into force since the 9th of July 2017 in the provinces of Al-Suwaidaa, Quneitra and Daraa.