The regime forces target Tafas town in conjunction with a cautious calm all over Daraa, and more casualties raise regime’s death toll to about 210 since the start of the military operation
Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored rocket shelling by the regime forces since dawn of today, Monday, the 2nd of July 2014, targeting places in Tafas town in the northern countryside of Daraa city, but no information about casualties, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory documented more casualties between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and the factions operating in Daraa Province, after the clashed in the past 24 hours, where it rose to 123 members at last who have been killed since the 19th of June 2018, the date of starting the regime’s military operation in Daraa countryside, also the number of casualties in the ranks of the rebel and Islamic factions has increased, where it rose to 84 at least, the number of their fighters who were killed in the same period, as a result of the aerial and rocket shelling and clashes, the SOHR also documented the death of 132 citizens including 25 children and 23 women who have been killed since the 19th of June 2018, in the raids and the intensive artillery and rocket shelling by the Russians and the regime on Daraa province.
The Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of negotiations between the Russians and between representatives of towns of the eastern countryside of Daraa, where the talks and consultations have achieved new progress through consensus with the representatives of the towns of Bosra Al-Sham and Al-Jiza, where the agreement is based on handing over the heavy and medium weapons and maintaining the light weapons, raising the regime’s flag on the government institutions and centers and reactivating them, thus, Bosra Al-Sham and Al-Jiza join the towns which are included in a similar agreement which took place on Al-Kahil, Al-Musayfirah and Al-Sahweh, after the regime forces managed to take the control of the towns of the Western Al-Gharya, the Eastern Al-Gharya, Um Walad, Al-Karak Al-Sharqi and the hills near the area, Al-Hrak, Al-Sorah, Alma, Rakham, Bosr Al-Harir, Maliha Al-Atash, Eastern Mleha Western Mleha and Al-Lajat area.
This advancement by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them expanded their scope of control in Daraa province, where the regime forces managed to expand their scope of control to about 58% of the total area of Daraa province, where 3 military powers are located, the first is the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, the second is the rebel and Islamic factions, and the third is Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, where the latter is on control of 6.6 % of the area of Daraa province, after the death of hundreds of citizens, members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them and fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, since the start of escalating the shelling on the 19th of June 2018.
High-resolution map of distribution of military powers and clashes in Daraa province
