The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The security chaos continues in the Syrian south area through more kidnappings despite the end of ISIS presence in the area

Al-Suwaidaa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the security chaos continues within the Syrian south in various forms, through shootings, explosions, kidnappings, ransom, and then killing, the most recent of which was what monitor by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, where unknown gunmen from the countryside of al-Suwaidaa kidnapped a man from Daraa province in exchange of a car the group demanded to be handed over to them, where the kidnapper appeared in a video and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy of it, in which he confirmed the abduction and the reasons for the kidnapping, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 24th of December 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from intersected sources that unidentified gunmen kidnapped 2 men on Monday evening, the 24th of December, where one of them is of the local gunmen loyal to the regime forces, where they were kidnapped on the road of Ariqa – Mjadil in the countryside of al-Suwaidaa, and they were taken to an unknown destination, this kidnapping comes in the context of the continued security chaos in Al-Suwaidaa province, particularly the kidnappings, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that  an explosion was heard in the al-Fayha’a Park in al-Suwaidaa city on the afternoon of Sunday, the 23rd of December, it turned out to be caused by a grenade explosion thrown by 2 unidentified people, where al-Suwaidaa Province witnessed recently kidnappings, looting, and killing of several its people and residents, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the first third of October 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored morning of today, the 8th of October 2018, finding the body of a man lying near a water ferry in Busan village in the eastern countryside of al-Suwaidaa, where the causes, circumstances, and identity of the man remain unknown until now, while the fate of several citizens remains unknown, after armed groups abducted them from several areas in al-Suwaidaa Province, while others were abducted and released after paying a ransom.

This comes after the Syrian Observatory published on the 13th of September 2018 that the tension prevails al-Suwaidaa city again amid fears of local clashes, where the body of a man was found dead in the middle of al-Suwaidaa city, but the circumstances of his death remain unknown until now, where he was abducted by unknown gunmen about a month ago, and in the details documented by the Syrian Observatory: the man was killed by unknown gunmen and he was thrown in al-Suwaidaa city along with an infant girl alive, where the man appeared in a video a while ago in which the kidnappers who called themselves “al-Ghayara”, claimed that he testified his assistance to the “Islamic State” organization in its attack on al-Suwaidaa city, where he broadcasted his “confessions” regarding the attack on al-Suwaidaa city and province in July 2018, which caused the greatest number of casualties in al-Suwaidaa Province since the start of the Syrian revolution, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 10th of September 2018 that the body of a child under the age of eighteen was found dead in al-Suwaidaa city, and in the details monitored by the Observatory Syrian: the body of the child was found with a gunshot to the head near the military establishment in al-Suwaidaa city, but no information about the circumstances of the incident yet, where resentment prevails in the city against the backdrop of the recent insecurity.

This incident comes 12 days after residents of al-Suwaidaa city found a head of a person without his body, where the head was cut and thrown in the city, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the people in al-Suwaidaa city     found the head of a person without his corpse cut and thrown in the city, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: citizens found the head of a person beheaded and separated from his body but without finding the body, this happened this morning, the 29th of August 2018, the local sources confirmed that the head which was put in the courtyard of a mosque in al-Moqawwas neighborhood in al-Suwaidaa city; believed to belong to one of the abducted people of the tribesmen living in the countryside of al-Suwaidaa, who was abducted a while ago in the western countryside of al-Suwaidaa, which sparked tension in al-Suwaidaa city where this is the first incident of its kind in the province, and what mad the people more angry was the fact that the one who placed the head in the courtyard of the mosque had written phrases that encourage the “hatred and fighting” according to the local sources.