Deteriorating security in south Syria | Unknown individuals kidnap two young men in north-western Daraa

Daraa Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: As security chaos is escalating throughout Daraa province, SOHR activists have reported the kidnapping of two young men from Namir town, while they were in the public square in Jasim city in the north-west of Daraa. However, the identities of the kidnappers and the reasons behind this kidnapping remained unknown.

 

SOHR sources have just documented the death of a man “collaborating” with regime security services, as unknown gunmen shot him in Sheikh Saad town.

 

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,016 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 692 persons, categorised as follows:

 

• 190 civilians, including 12 women and 21 children

 

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

 

• 129 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

 

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

 

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