The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Daily death toll | Eight people killed on May 17 across Syria

Further details of fatalities, documented by SOHR, can be summarised as follows:

A displaced Syrian woman was found dead with gunshot wounds in the fifth section of Al-Hawl camp.

A displaced civilian from Teljin village in the northern countryside of Aleppo was shot dead by unknown gunman at the roundabout in the industrial town of Al-Dana.

A child was killed in indiscriminate gunfire during clashes with light weapons and RPGs following a personal dispute in Nasib town in east Daraa countryside.

A young man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in a neighbourhood in Daraa Al-Balad. It is worth noting that civilians accused the young man of “dealing in drugs.”

A former member of opposition faction was killed in an IED explosion in a car in Daraa Al-Mahatah. It is worth noting that the man had struck a reconciliation deal and joined the regime military intelligence branch.

A regime soldier from Al-Quneitra countryside and living in Al-Msifrah town was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Jasim city in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

Two regime soldiers were shot dead by unknown gunmen near the towns of Sayda and Al-Kahil in the eastern countryside of Daraa.