Daraa security chaos | New assassination targets two members of 5th Corps

Daraa province: SOHR documented the death of a member of the Russian-backed 5th Corps and injury of another today due to gunfire by unknown armed men in Ankhel city centre in northern Daraa.

 

This incident comes in light of the continuous security chaos across Daraa province.

 

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,131attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 772 persons, categorised as follows:

 

• 222 civilians, including 13 women and 22 children
• 355 regime soldiers, loyalists and collaborators with regime security services.
• 136 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.
• 27 Syrian militiamen affiliated to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian forces.
• 32 members of the so-called 5th Corps which was established by Russia.