The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

To give pressure on population | regime forces promote posts in Daraa

Daraa province: SOHR activists have reported that regime forces have remove soil barrier near Gharez neighborhood eastern Daraa city amid military alert of regime forces in the region. Also, regime forces military reinforcements have reached Gharez neighborhood on Friday noon, while Daraa al-balad today has seen protests against Russian demands to strike new settlements for dozens of people and seize their personal weapons, and transfer settlements of former leaders in the factions to Al-Dorij neighborhood, and close the basic roads in the areas of Daraa al-balad and Daraa al-Mahatah.

Earlier in the day, SHOR activists witnessed hovering of warplanes for the second time since the regime forces have controlled the province in 2018. The overflights are means for giving pressures to the population and inhabitants of the city who reject Russian demands to strike new settlements with dozens of people and seize their personal weapons and transfer former leaders settlements to the area of al-Dareej, while the regime forces and its security service have closed the basic road to the city in the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahatah amid expecting eruption of protests in solidarity with Daraa city.

Meanwhile, the regime forces and security service brought military reinforcement to Daraa city beside closing basic roads in light of new Russian settlements and giving personal weapons to dozens to the people in the city which provoked wide popular rejection amid call for protests against such demands.

Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that Russian officers have met nearly a week ago with the central committee in Daraa city and asked them to quit personal weapons that were possessed by some persons in some neighborhoods in Daraa and urged them to also strike new reconciliation and settlement deals. However, their request was met with wide popular rejection in different areas of al-Hawarn.

It is worth noting that the second time the warplanes were seen hovering over Daraa after the accidents in Tafes in the western countryside in January.

On January 26, SOHR sources reported flights by regime fighter jets over the western countryside of Daraa for the first time since regime forces regained the entire province in 2018. This development coincided with the Russian and regime forces’ threats of launching a large-scale military operations with air and ground forces on the frontlines of western Daraa.

Meanwhile, tense calm was prevailing in the western countryside of Daraa, after Russian forces and the 4th Division announced a deadline for deporting several former fighters and commanders to north Syria or the Russians and the regime-baked division would unleash a large-scale military operation.

On the other hand, Syrian Observatory activists monitored the cities, towns and villages of Hawaran in south Syria region expressing solidarity with Tafas city.