Growing crimes | Drug dealer killed in Daraa western countryside, young man stabbed in Jasem city

Daraa province: SOHR activists have reported that a drug dealer died affected by the wounds he sustained few days ago in shooting by one of his relatives, where he was shot in al-Mazira’a village western of Daraa.

It is worth noting that today victim has murdered his mother on November 3, before fleeing outside of the town. According to SOHR sources in the region, the killer is one of the biggest drug dealers in the region.

On the other hand, a young man was stabbed to death by sharp weapon in al-Aleya neighborhood of Jasem city western of Daraa.

According to SOHR activists, the fatalities were as follows: a member of al-Baath Party, a man working for the military security service and his little daughter, and another man working for the military security service too.

Accordingly, the number of people who were killed across Daraa province since the start of the recent agreements has risen to 49. The fatalities were distributed as follows:

• 26 civilians, including a child, some of them were former fighters and gave up fighting after striking reconciliation deals in 2018.

• 23 regime soldiers, members of the Russian-backed 5th Corps and regime “collaborators”.

Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,233 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 891 persons, categorised as follows:

• 273 civilians, including 14 women and 26 children

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

• 155 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.

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