Daraa security vacuum | Unknown gunmen open fire on regime ”collaborators”, killing two

Daraa province: SOHR sources have reported that unknown gunmen opened fire on three persons “collaborating” with the military security branch in Daraa countryside near al-Jahmani compressors in the area between al-Na’emah and Sayda towns in eastern Daraa. The attack left one dead and two injured.

 

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,174 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 830 persons, categorised as follows:

 

• 243 civilians, including 14 women and 24 children

 

• 375 regime soldiers, loyalists and collaborators with regime security services.

 

• 150 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.

 

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