Casualties and wounded in the ranks of the regime due to an IED explosion in their caravan in the eastern countryside of Daraa

Daraa Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a violent explosion was heard in the eastern countryside of Daraa today, Saturday, it turned to be caused by the explosion of an IED in a caravan of members of the regime forces affiliated to Brigade 52 on the road to between the towns of Al-Darah and Skaka east of Daraa, which caused human losses in the ranks of the members.

While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today a new attack carried out by unknown people against a site of gunmen loyal to the regime forces in al-Sanamin city in Daraa countryside, which killed a member of the factions who made a “settlement and reconciliation,” also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 2 of the regime forces affected by injuries they had in the explosion of an IED targeted their bus in al-Meftrah area on the road between al-Dahiya neighborhood and al-Yadudeh town on the 17th of July 2019.

Which raise to more than 107, the number of attacks and assassination attempts took place in various forms and methods by detonating bombs, mines, booby-trapped cars, and firing with light and medium weapons, since June 2019 until this day, raising to 68, the number of people killed in the same period of time, they are 7 civilians including 2 women and a child, 33 of the regime forces and militiamen. loyal to them and collaborators of the security forces and regime institutions, 14 fighters of the faction who carried out “reconciliation and settlements” and became in the ranks of regime’s security branches, including former commanders, and of the 9 Syrian militias of the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian forces, in addition to 5 of what is known as the 5th Corps which was established by Russia.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 19th of September 2019 that since the regime regained control of Daraa province entirely with its allied militias and with Russian mediation agreements and settlements, Daraa has become an area filled with conflicts between all parties, starting from the Iran-Russian cold war there by attempts by each party to extend their full influence over the entire province, where the Irani influence is generally concentrated east of Daraa, while the Russian influence is concentrated in the western part of the province, while the Syrian regime’s role is limited to the its forces’ abuse of the citizens there, like looting and arbitrary arrests despite the “reconciliations and settlements”, not to mention the gradually escalating security chaos, which is pursuing the regime forces, members, and those who collaborate with the security forces and regime’s institutions, where unknown armed groups emerged as rejection of any form of presence of the regime and its institutions and allies in the area, most notably of which was the forming of what is known as the “Popular Resistance”, in addition to talking about forming a new military structure under the name of “Jaysh al-Janoub” (Army of the South) to fight Iranian influence which is increasingly spreading in Daraa, in addition to liquidations between the forces controlling the area.