The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Daraa | Popular protests force Regime Military Police to release young men arrested in Daraa Al-Balad

Daraa province: This morning, the Military Police of the Syrian regime forces carried out a massive campaign of arrests of young men for “not performing “compulsory service.”

Regime forces arrested more than ten young men near Panorama roundabout in Daraa Al-Mahatah.

According to SOHR activists, the arrests campaign sparked resentment and anger among the people. The protestors blocked roads with burning tyres near Syrian regime military checkpoints in Daraa Al-Balad, forcing regime forces to release the arrested young men, hours after their arrest, to ease the tension in the city.

On September 2, Reliable sources informed SOHR that regime soldiers stationed at a checkpoint of the military security service in Al-Sanamayn city in the northern countryside of Daraa arrested two civilians from Jasim city in the same countryside. According to SOHR sources, the checkpoint members asked the two civilians to show their ID cards, before they asked them for a sum of money in return for their release.