The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Casualties and wounded due to targeting by IEDs and machineguns to regime’s members in Daraa province south of Syria

Daraa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the province of Daraa is still witnessing security chaos and targeting operations against members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them as well as the members of “reconciliation deals”, by unidentified gunmen, where an IED planted by unknown persons on the road to the hospital in Jasim town north-west of Daraa, targeted members of the regime forces, which left some injuries in their ranks, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a member of the border guards of the regime forces, as well as the injury of another one, after being shot by unidentified gunmen yesterday evening, Saturday, on al-Harbi road between Nasib town and the old customhouse.

And the SOHR published on the 10th of August 2019, that a new assassination of a member of the “Republican Guard” of the regime forces, where unknown gunmen shot members of the Republican Guard in Nawa city northwest of Daraa, which killed a member and injured two others then the attackers fled, while the Syrian Observatory published this morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of a person, who is an “informer” for the military security of the regime, after being shot by unknown p[gunmen in al-Sanamin city in Daraa countryside, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored yesterday tens of residents of al-Sanamin carrying out a vigil to denounce the chaos, which is escalating day after day in the city and all over the province, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 9th of August 2019 that an explosion shook Tafas town in the western countryside of Daraa on Friday morning, it was caused by targeting using an RPG shell in the town which injured citizens of one family with different injuries, also the Syrian Observatory monitored the kidnap of an “informer” who works for the regime forces near Daraa city in the light of the chaos in the province, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning that security chaos and targeting continue against members of the regime and the “reconciliations and settlements” members in Daraa province, where unknown gunmen opened fire at 3 members who made “reconciliations and settlements” and became part of the regime forces in the western neighborhood of the city, which caused them varying injuries.

The Syrian Observatory published on the 8th of August 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new assassination in Daraa province, which is the second to happen today, Thursday, where unknown people assassinated a member of the “Republican Guard” of the regime forces by shooting at him in Tal Shihab town in the western countryside of Daraa, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning that the assassinations and targeting continue against members of the regime forces and fighters of the “reconciliation and settlements” factions, where gunmen assassinated 2 members of the “settlement” factions by shooting them in Daraa al-Balad in Daraa city, it worth mentioning that the fighters made a settlement earlier and joined the ranks of the 4th Division of the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 5th of August 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that 13 young men were arrested by the “Criminal Security” Branch of the regime forces in Izra’a city in Daraa countryside, while the were checking the civil record, extracting documents and running some transactions.

And the SOHR published on the 4th of August 2019, that it documented the death of 2 young men of one family, they were killed by unknown assailants and their bodies were found at al-Harbi road southwest of Daraa city with marks of gunshots and torture, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 3rd of August 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renew of clashes in al-Sanamin city in the Daraa countryside, between the regime forces accompanied by the popular committees against gunmen of the city, where the clashes are concentrated in the northern neighborhood of the city and continued for several hours, but no information about casualties so far, this comes in light of the chaos that controls Daraa province, where the regime forces and militias loyal to them and militias loyal to external partiers such as Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah are involved in creating this chaos, through the war of liquidations of and assassinations which are escalating day after the other in the province, in addition to reprisals and popular rejection for the presence of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that in the wake of the escalating security chaos and the spread of lawlessness in Daraa province south of Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that gunmen believed to be of the “Popular Resistance” whose activity was being stepped up recently, have assassinated a person who deals secretly with the “Lebanese Hezbollah” in Nahteh town in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

And the SOHR published on the 2nd of August 2019, that the security chaos continues in Daraa Province which is under the control of the regime forces, Iranian militias, and the gunmen loyal to the Russian forces, and apparently, having multiple forces controlling the area is one of the most important reasons for the insecurity we see, not to mention the unidentified gunmen who go by the name of the “Popular Resistance”, of who chose weapons to express their rejection of the return of the Syrian regime to Daraa Province, while the civilians continue their rejection to the presence of the regime and its allies through anti-government writings on walls, roads, and the schools, where Daraa became a scene for liquidating personal matters and repeated targeting, and the province hardly witnesses a day without attempted assassination or attack by unknown people or bombing here and there, these targeting are aimed primarily at the regime’s intelligence and its loyal gunmen, in addition to the rebel faction who remained in Daraa and refused to move towards the Syrian north, and became pro-Russian or pro-Iranian forces in the area, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that Daraa Province is witnessing an escalation in chaos and insecurity through bombings, targeting, attacks, and assassinations, carried out by unknown people sometimes and by the “popular resistance” other times, as well as liquidations of personal disagreements between supporters of Hezbollah and Iran, and between the Russian supporters, where the Syrian Observatory monitored gunmen attacking at dawn on Wednesday checkpoints of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them in the junction of Qita and al-Souq checkpoint in the middle of al- Sanamin city, where the attackers used light weapons and RPG shells but no information about casualties so far.