Clashes in areas in Al-Suwaidaa countryside and shelling targets a town in the eastern countryside of Daraa
Al-Suwaidaa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: clashes took place last night in points between the towns of Al-Qarya and Al-Afina in the south-western countryside of Al-Suwaidaa, between gunmen loyal to the regime forces against other gunmen, which resulted in the fall of wounded in the ranks of the both parties.
Daraa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled after the midnight of Thursday – Friday, areas in the Western Al-Gharya in the eastern countryside of Daraa, without information about injuries, documenting a new violation to the American – Russian – Jordanian agreement, applied since the 9th of July 2017.
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.