This American-Russian-Jordanian agreement witnesses new breaches in the Syrian South’s provinces
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented new violations after the midnight of Saturday – Sunday, to the Syrian South Truce, as sporadic clashes took place in the area of Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Daraa city, between the rebel and Islamic factions against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, accompanied by shelling by the regime forces on places in Daraa Al-Balad, and no information about casualties was reported, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented several violations yesterday, represented by shelling and targeting by heavy machineguns by the regime forces which targeted areas in Daraa city, Al-Naimah and Al-Yadudah towns in Daraa countryside, and Al-Hamidiyah town in the middile countryside of Al-Quneitra.
It is noteworthy that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 9th of July 2017, that the regional-international agreement went into effect in three provinces of southern Syria, namely Daraa, Al-Quneitra and Al-Suwaidaa, at 12 pm today, the 9th of July 2017. The SOHR has observed so far that calm is prevailing the provinces of southern Syria and no violations of the truce have been reported so far although the few moments that preceded its implementation witnessed the firing of several shells by the regime forces on faction-controlled areas in Daraa but no casualties have been reported so far.
This American-Russian-Jordanian agreement that includes three provinces of southern Syria came after violent battles during the last few weeks between the factions active there and the regime forces and their allied militiamen. where in al-Suwaidaa province there are Jaysh al-Asha’er, Ahmad al-Abdu Forces and Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiyyah, while the southern factions which supported by regional and international parties in Daraa Province, while in Al-Quneitra Province there are Jabhat Thowwar Syria, al-Ezz Brigades and Al-Furqan Brigades, while in Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Daraa is controlled by Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid who swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization.