The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Instability in Daraa | Three civilians injured in IED explosions near house of ex-member of Sharia committee in Jasem

Daraa Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the injury of three civilians in the explosion of two IEDs planted by unknown individuals near the house of a former member of the Sharia party and the Local Council nearby Jasem city in the western countryside of Daraa. Meanwhile, regime forces have dismantled a third IED near the same place.

 

Yesterday, Observatory activists documented the death of a member of the “Central Committee” in charge of negotiations with the Syrian regime, after being shot by unknown gunmen in the town of Al-Muzayrip in the western countryside of Daraa.

 

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 859 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 569 persons, categorised as follows:

 

  • 159 civilians, including 12 women and 16 children

 

  • 252 regime soldiers, loyalists and collaborators with regime security services

 

  • 111 fighters of factions that struck “reconciliation and settlements” deals with the regime and became in the ranks of regime’s security branches, including former commanders

 

  • 23 Syrian militiamen affiliated to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian forces

 

  • 24 members of the so-called 5th Corps which was established by Russia.