After intense shelling and escalation in the Syrian south, calm prevails Daraa province and the clashes and shelling continue in the countryside of Quneitra
The cautious calm prevails areas in Daraa province since the middle of last night until the moment, except for shelling carried out by the regime forces after midnight of yesterday on places in Tal al-Sheikh Hussein area east of Om Walad in the countryside of Daraa, but no information about injuries, while the death toll continues to rise against the backdrop of the rocket shelling which targeted the countryside of Daraa yesterday and the day before it, where it rose to 12 including 3 women and 4 faction fighters; the number of people who were killed by rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces on Tuesday and Wednesday, which targeted al-Hrak, Nahte, Asim, al-Msikah, Western al-Mleha, and KafrShams, it worth mentioning that 3 persons including 2 children were killed since Monday, the 18th of June 2018, in the fall of shells launched by the factions on areas controlled by the regime forces in Daraa city and al-Sanamin city.
And not far from Daraa province; areas in al-Quneitra province witnessed bombardments and clashes after midnight of yesterday and after the midnight, where clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, in the vicinity and outskirts of al-Baath city in the mid-sector countryside of al-Quneitra, accompanied by shelling by the regime forces targeted the area and other places in near MasHara, but no information about casualties, while factions operating in al-Quneitra province announced their integration into one body they called “al-Nasr al-Mubeen”
The Syrian Observatory published last night, Wednesday, that areas in the Syrian South are witnessing continued shelling and fall of shells, where the regime forces are continuing their shelling on places in the eastern countryside of Daraa, targeting places in the towns and villages of Al-Harak, the Western Al-Mulayha, the Western Al-Gharya, Busr al-Harir, Busra al-Sham, Nahte and Al-Musayfirah, as well as other places in Msikah, Jadal and other positions in Al-Lajat area, also the warplanes targeted today evening, the towns of Al-Harak and Busr al-Harir in the same countryside by airstrikes, and in the same context, the operation rooms of the factions “Al-Bunyan Al-Marsus, Tawhid Al-Sufuf, Sadd Al-Ghuzah, Muthalath Al-Mawt, Al-Nasr Al-Bayyin and Sadd Al-Baghah”, announced the formation of “the South Central Operation Room”, in order to organize and command the military operations in the Syrian South against the regime forces and their allies.
And the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian south in its provinces Quneitra and Daraa; is witnessing the continuation of military operations between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, where the regime forces targeted using artillery shells areas in Nabe’a al-Sakhr town in the mid-sector countryside of Quneitra, but no information about casualties, while the explosions shook areas in Jabba town in the mid-sector countryside of Al-Quneitra, which is under the control of the regime forces, after which one person was killed and 9 others were injured including a child and a woman, and also the shells caused material damage in the area, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, this escalation comes within the continuous escalation on the Syrian south, while the northeastern countryside of Daraa is witnessing an escalation in shelling and military operations on both sides, where the Syrian Observatory monitored violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions; on areas in the front of Samma near the administrative border with al-Suwaidaa, amid the continued intense shelling by the regime forces on places in al-Lajat area in the northeastern countryside of Daraa, in addition to areas in the towns of Nahte, al-Mleha, and Bosr al-Harir, and the shelling was accompanied by targeting by the Islamic factions using mortar shells for positions of the regime forces, on the outskirts Bosr al-Harir town in the eastern countryside of Daraa, and information about casualties and injuries in the ranks of the regime forces, while areas in Daraa al-Balad in Daraa city were shelled by the regime forces, which caused material damage.
It is noteworthy that the Syrian Observatory monitored calm in the Syrian South, on the contact lines between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, started on Friday night, the 15th of June 2018, and lasted for 48 hours along with the preparations that have been taking place since about 3 weeks by the regime forces and their allies and between the factions, for an expected military operation if the local, regional and international parties fail definitively to reach an agreement about the Syrian south, which has been witnessing since July 2017 an agreement between Jordan, Russia and the United States of America about de-escalation and decrease the combat operations, and this clam in the Syrian south coincides with the failure of the international and regional parties to find a consensual formula about the future of the Syrian south, and at the same time the Iranians are still refusing to withdraw with the militia loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, also intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that no consensus had yet been reached about the Iranian withdrawal towards other Syrian areas, and no agreement has been reached on any items about the Syrian south, which has been witnessing a Russian – American – Jordanian agreement since July 2017, and this agreement has witnessed hundreds of violations by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, as well as the rebel and Islamic factions operating in the areas where the agreement takes place in al-Quneitra, al-Suwaidaa and Daraa provinces, while Daraa province, and al-Quneitra province, has been witnessing since the 25th of May 2018 the regime forces’ continuation of their mobilizations and bringing military reinforcements of their members and the militiamen loyal to them, in a preparation for a military operation in both provinces of Daraa and Al-Quneitra in the Syrian South, which has been witnessing a truce and a cessation of combat operations since 2017, where more reinforcements have arrived in the northern countryside of Al-Quneitra and Daraa countryside, in a preparation for a military operation which is expected to start in the case that an agree is not reached with the factions of the Syrian South, and the Syrian Observatory published few hours ago, that it monitored the factions of Daraa city and its countryside fortifying their points of deployment and position, and putting barricades and preparing the military vehicles, weapons as well as providing points and sites with weapons and ammunitions, and intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that this fortifying process comes in preparation for a potential military operation, of which the regime and the Russians may carry out in Daraa province and Syrian south, where the fortifications included sites of the factions in the countryside of Quneitra as a part of the preparation process for a violent clashes the regime forces may launch with their allies at any time in the coming days, despite the Russian – American – Jordanian agreement in the Syrian south that has been in effect since the 9th of July 2017, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 7th of June 2018, that the Iranian Forces are still refusing the Russian proposal in withdrawing from Daraa and Quneitra provinces as well as the entire Syrian south towards other areas in central Syria, the sources told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Iranian Forces imposed a condition in exchange for their withdrawal towards the desert and central Syria, which is the evacuation of al-Tanf base of the American and International Coalition Forces on the Syrian – Iraqi border, as a condition for them to leave the Syrian south, of which Russia is working with the regime to reach a solution about the area, through local discussions with the factions and regional with Syria’s neighboring countries.