The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Daraa security instability | Two civilians injured by regime indiscriminate gunfire, while unknown gunmen kidnap civilian after shooting him and his companion

Daraa province: SOHR activists have reported that a civilian was kidnapped and his companion was injured after unidentified gunmen driving a car blocked and shot them in Al-Hamadin region near Al-Sadd road in Daraa city, where the kidnappers escaped and the fate of the kidnapped civilian remains unknown.

On the same context, two civilians were injured in Al-Sanmin city in Daraa countryside by indiscriminate gunfire of regime forces in the city.

Accordingly, the number of people who were killed across Daraa province since the start of the recent agreements has risen to 77. The fatalities were distributed as follows:
• 40 civilians, including two child and a woman, some of them were former fighter and gave up fighting after striking reconciliation deals in 2018.
• 33 regime soldiers, members of the Russian-backed 5th Corps and regime “collaborators”.
• Four local gunmen of anti-reconciliation groups.
Since the beginning of the security chaos in Daraa in early June 2019, Syrian Observatory activists have documented more than 1,257 attacks and assassination attempts by gunfire and detonations of IEDs, motorcycle-bombs and car-bombs. These attacks and assassinations claimed the lives of 918 persons, categorised as follows:
• Four local gunmen of anti-reconciliation groups.
• 287 civilians, including 16 women and 26 children
• 410 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.