After 8 days of tight siege…the regime forces lift the siege imposed over Al-Sanamayn city after meeting with dignitaries from Hauran with the Russian forces
Daraa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that the regime forces have lift today evening the siege imposed over Al-Sanamayn city 8 days after blocking the roads to the city and after preventing the entry or the exit of anyone from or into it and preventing the entry of foodstuff, and this action (the siege lifting) comes after a visit by a delegation of Hauran’s dignitaries today afternoon with the Russian forces to the city in order to reach an agreement with the regime forces to settle the dispute and lift the siege imposed over it, and the SOHR published hours ago, that the siege imposed by the regime forces on al-Sanamayn city in Daraa countryside entered its 8th consecutive day, where many foodstuffs started to run out as the regime forces prevent the entry and exit of goods to and from the city, while efforts are underway to reach an agreement that would break the siege and bring things back to what it used to be, and in the same context within the Daraa countryside, the Syrian Observatory learned from reliable sources that fighters of the “settlement and reconciliation” factions took control of al-Mziraa and al-Ray checkpoint and the military security detachment in the western countryside of Daraa, after they expelled members of the regime forces protesting against regime’s arrest of a former faction leader, who had “reconciled and settlement” and later joined the 4th Division, sources added to the Syrian Observatory that the leader was soon released and the “reconciliation” factions withdrew from the checkpoints they controlled and the situation returned to normal in the area.
And the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, that it learned that unidentified gunmen opened fire on a former fighter in Al-Mu’tazz Brigade who reconciled with the regime forces earlier, at the outskirts of Al-Muzayrib town and no information was reported so far about the reasons and circumstances of his death, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 21st of May 2019, that the siege imposed by the regime forces on al-Sanamayn city in the countryside of Daraa province entered its 7th consecutive day, amid continuous tension and cautious calm all over the city, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the regime forces allowed university students to get out of the city, but they still prevent the entry and exit of staff, civilians, and foodstuffs to and from the city, amid fears of a new escalation that leads to an armed conflicts in the area in which the Syrian citizen is the biggest loser, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that the regime forces met with the Central Committee in Hauran in order to lift the siege imposed by the regime forces on the town, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the regime forces accepted to lift the siege on the town providing that the persons who opened fire yesterday on the security box to be handed over, but the Central Committee in Hauran and through a former commander in the rebel factions who is now a member in the committee, refused to hand over the wanted and demanded the intervention of the Russian forces to settle the disagreement, thus, the regime forces maintained the siege to be imposed until now after the committee’s refusal to their request, and the Syrian Observatory published today morning, the 20th of May 2019, that widespread public tension and discontent continue within al-Sanamayn city in Daraa countryside, as regime forces’ siege of the city enters its 5th consecutive day, where the regime forces are preventing the entry of foodstuffs, in addition to preventing the entry and exit of staff and other people to and from the city, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory learned that a citizen died of a heart attack on Sunday due to the clashes that took place in al-Sanamayn yesterday, which caused panic and intimidated the people, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory documented the death of an old man affected by wounds he had in shooting during clashes between unknown gunmen and the regime forces in the security box in al-Sanamayn town, while the cautious calm prevails the town amid bringing military reinforcements by the regime forces to the town, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory monitored that unknown gunmen believed to belong to the so-called “Popular Resistance” attacked positions of the regime forces in the security box in al-Sanamayn town, where shooting was heard and information about casualties in the ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, it worth mentioning that al-Sanamayn town has been witnessing a siege since about 4 days by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the regime forces has been preventing the entry and exit of staff to and from al-Sanamayn town, in addition to preventing the workers from going out to work in the capital and prevent the entry of foodstuffs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 16th of May 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that one of the military checkpoints of the security branches in the capital Damascus; arrested a “former leader of opposition factions” in Daraa province southern of Syria, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the arrest took place against the backdrop of personal lawsuits against the leader filed by members from the army, who were killed in the past years in clashes at Daraa province, and the sources added to the Syrian Observatory that the arrest took place despite the “settlement and reconciliation” the leader already had, and the fact that he joined the ranks of the 4th division of the regime forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory monitored a new incident in the context of the continuous security chaos in Daraa province, which is controlled by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where the Syrian Observatory learned that on Wednesday, the 15th of May 2019, several members of regime forces’ criminal security members were killed and injured during an arrest operation in al-Sanamin city in the eastern countryside of Daraa, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a patrol of the criminal security members entered al-Sanamin city in a civilian car to arrest a brother of a leader in the factions, who carried out a settlement earlier and his cousin, where the situation developed to a clash between families of the detainees and between members of the patrol, during an attempt by the last mentioned to arrest the leader, and in the clashes 2 members of the patrol were killed and 3 others were injured, in addition to confiscating the car by the people, amid tense situation prevailing in the area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 9th of May 2019 that the assassinations and targeting continue in Daraa Province, targeting leaders and members of the former factions that carried out “reconciliation and settlements” in addition to the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and people who cooperate with them, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the explosion of an IED after midnight of yesterday in the Daraa al-Balad in Daraa city, targeting the car of the “former Free Police commander” in Daraa al-Balad, back when the factions controlled the area, where he was killed in the explosion along with another person, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 3rd of May, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that unknown gunmen believed to be from the “Popular Resistance” assassinated by a former member of “Jaysh al-Moataz” faction which carried out a “settlement and reconciliation” after the regime controlled Daraa, where the assassination took place in Tafas town in the countryside of Daraa by gunfire causing his immediate death, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 29th of April 2019 that the Syrian Observatory monitored new assassination within the continuous targeting and operations in Daraa Province, amid increased chaos and security chose, where unidentified gunmen shot at a former fighter of the factions who carried out “reconciliation and settlement”, on the toad of al-Muzayrib west of Daraa, which killed him immediately, and the Syrian Observatory published on Monday morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the finding of a body of a man, he was killed by a gunshot and thrown on the road to Adwan town in the western countryside of Daraa, where intersected sources confirmed that he was a member of the air intelligence of the regime, and this comes as part of the continuation of operations by the “Popular Resistance” in Daraa province against the regime forces and their collaborators, in addition to members of the “reconciliation” factions, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 26th of April 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new incident of security chaos in Daraa Province, which is controlled by the regime forces and their loyal militias, where a body of fighter of factions who refused to displace and carried out a reconciliation was found at dawn of today, Friday, dead and thrown near a checkpoint of the regime forces on al-Arad road in the vicinity of Tafas town in Daraa countryside, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the 24th of April 2019 that assassinations are still continuing in the whole province of Daraa most of which target the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them and the factions of “reconciliations and settlements”, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new assassination in Daraa countryside which targeted a former commander in the factions who carried out a “reconciliation” after the regime forces had imposed their control over the province, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory; gunmen believed to be of the “Popular Resistance” have shot a former commander in the faction Jaysh Al-Mu’tazz Billah in Al-Muzayrib town in the western countryside of Daraa, which caused his instant death, and the SOHR published today morning, Wednesday the 24th of April 2019, that the chaos continues in Daraa province, as the regime forces and their loyal militias are unable to control the security chaos in Daraa Province, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the finding of 2 bodies thrown on the outskirts of Tafas town in Daraa countryside with gunshot wounds, but no information about the causes and circumstances of their deaths yet, and in the same context, the cautious calm returned to control al-Sanamin city in Daraa countryside, after the intense shootings in the city on Tuesday evening, about which the information were conflicted whether it was a renewed attack by the Popular Resistance on checkpoints and positions of the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that members of the Russian-established 5th Corps; which is mostly includes former fighters of factions who carried out “reconciliations and settlements”, had arrested a man from Sahem al-Golan town in the western countryside of Daraa accusing him with “working in money collecting for Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid” when it used to control areas in Yarmouk Basin, it worth mention that the man was arrested by the regime forces earlier and then he was released later after four months, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 22nd of April 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new assassination against the factions of the “reconciliations and settlements” in Daraa province, where unidentified gunmen in Daraa Al-Balad in Daraa city opened fire today evening, Monday, targeting a former fighter of the factions of those who carried out a reconciliation after the regime forces had imposed their control over Daraa, which caused his death, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening, Sunday, that unidentified gunmen targeted today evening, Sunday, the house of a person who is in connect with the Air Force Intelligence of the regime forces in Tafas town in Daraa countryside, where the house was targeted by a grenade followed by gunfire of machineguns, without information about casualties so far, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning, that it monitored a new assassination targeted a faction leader who carried out “reconciliation and settlement” after the regime forces controlled Daraa province, where unknown gunmen assassinated after midnight of yesterday a former leader in Jaysh al-Mutaz of the rebel factions in Tafas town, who carried out a “settlement” with the regime forces after they controlled Daraa province, and then he joined the “5th Corps” which was formed by Russia, where he was shot in Tafas town which killed him, it worth ,mentioning that the former leader -who was assassinated- threatened one week ago a checkpoints of the regime forces to attack it “if they continue to harass civilians passing on the checkpoint,” and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the 20th of April 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that unidentified gunmen shot at a car of a member of “Baath Party Division Command” in al-Sanamin town in Daraa countryside, which caused material damage but no information about casualties, as a part of the continued operations by what has become known as the “Popular Resistance” all over Daraa province, where the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored writings on the walls of al-Mata’eiya town in the eastern countryside of Daraa, which read “a rebel never dies, we will carry on” and “down with Assad, dogs of al-Baath; you are the target of the Popular Resistance, down with al-Baath” and “down with Idols worshipers,”