The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Kidnappings in southern Syria | Unidentified assailants kidnap two people from Daraa countryside

Observatory sources say that unknown assailants kidnapped a man from Daraa countryside this evening, on the road of Al-Ghariya Al-Sharqiya-al-Msifra in Daraa countryside.

A young man was kidnapped by unknown assailants this morning while grazing cattle in Jilleen area in western Daraa countryside, and took him to an unknown destination.

Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that an armed group kidnapped two regime soldiers earlier this month, while they were heading to the military barracks of the “15th Division” in Al-Majdal village in the western countryside of Al-Suwaidaa.

According to SOHR sources, the fate of the two soldiers has remained unknown since they were disappeared on August 4, until the kidnappers contacted with the soldiers’ families last Friday. The kidnappers asked the soldiers’ relatives to pay a ransom of 100,000 USD in return for releasing them. The kidnappers also threatened to kill the two soldiers if the required ransom is not paid.