The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Daraa security vacuum | Child kidnapped in Sheikh Maskin

Daraa Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have reported that unknown individuals kidnapped a child in Sheikh Maskin city in the western countryside of Daraa yesterday. The kidnappers have not communicated with the child’s family until now.

 

On June 23, SOHR sources reported that kidnappings of children were escalating greatly in Daraa province, as a 10-year old boy was kidnapped by unknown individuals on the road between Al-Ghariyah Al-Sharqiyah and Msifra. The kidnapped child lived with his family in one of the area’s farms.

 

While on June 19, Observatory sources reported that kidnappings were escalating greatly in Daraa province in the wake of deteriorating security situation and disorder. SOHR sources confirmed that all contacts with a Christian young woman from Izra’a city were lost the previous day, while she was leaving the city’s Technical Industrial Institute, amid reports suggesting she was kidnapped by unknown individuals.

 

It is worth noting that the city is under the control of Iranian-baked militias, the 5th Corps, the 12th Brigade, and Saraya Al-Arin 313.