The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After the deaths of 21 members of 4th Division and regime forces| 4th Division brings in military reinforcement to west of Daraa, and cuts off the road between Al-Muzayrip and al-Yadoda

SOHR activists from the western countryside of Daraa, say that the forces of the 4th Division have brought in new military reinforcement to the area during the last hours, as military vehicles and soldiers arrived in the areas of Al-Jami’at and Al-Rai institution located between the towns of Al-Yadoda and Al-Muzayrib, west of Daraa, which witnessed bloody events in mid-March. The Fourth Division has erected soil barriers and cut off the road connecting the two towns.

SOHR sources say that members of “Al-Ghayth Forces”, a prominent military formation of the 4th Division, blew up the house of “Abu Tariq Al-Subaihi”, the former opposition commander who is responsible for the ambush which left 21 members of regime intelligence service and 4th Division dead yesterday.

It is worth noting that the commander and his family escaped yesterday from the house which is located in Al-Muzayreb town on the road to Al-Yadoudah in western Daraa.

SOHR sources had reported that regime forces and 4th Division brought in new military reinforcement to their positions in the “Al-Rai Foundation” on the eastern outskirts of the town of Al-Muzayrib, as tanks, soldiers, military and logistical supplies arrived in the area. This development follows yesterday’s ambush by a group affiliated to a former commander of opposition factions on the road between Al-Muzayrib and al-Yadoudah which left great human losses among the members of 4th Division and regime intelligence service. Meanwhile, tense calm prevailed throughout the region with a state of high alert by all sides.

SOHR activists documented a spike in the number of fatalities in an ambush nearby Al-Muzayreb town in western Daraa, as 21 members of regime intelligence service and 4th Division were killed, hile five other soldiers injured, some seriously.