Daraa escalation | Unknown gunmen assassinate civilian and assault farm guard in eastern Daraa al-Balad

Daraa province: A civilian was killed, yesterday, after sustaining severe wounds by unknown gunmen in al-Mosifirah town in east Daraa.

It is worth noting that the dead man is a civilian who was opposing the regime in Daraa before reaching a settlement in 2018.

On the other hand, unknown gunmen have assaulted a citizen who worked as a farm guard in al-Mosifirah town, who sustained wounds after being shot.

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,163 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 807 persons, categorised as follows:
• 237 civilians, including 14 women and 24 children

• 367 regime soldiers, loyalists and collaborators with regime security services
• 143 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.