Ongoing security chaos | Media activist shot de*ad by armed group working in dr*ug business in eastern Daraa countryside
Daraa province: A media activist was shot dead by members of an armed group working in drug business. The activist hailed from Ma’arbah town in eastern Daraa countryside and he participated in protests in Al-Karama Square in the centre of Al-Suwaidaa city, where he was summoned by military intelligence branch, but he refused to go.
Since early 2023, SOHR activists have documented 445 incidents of security disorder in Daraa province, which left 351 people dead; and they are as follows:
- 129 civilians, including seven children and seven women.
- 26 men accused of “involving in drug business.”
- 146 regime soldiers, members and collaborators with regime security services, including a woman.
- 24 former fighters who did not join any military formation, after striking reconciliation deals with the Syrian regime.
- Ten ISIS members.
- 12 ex-fighters with settled-status working for regime services and backed militias.
- Two people working for the Lebanese Hezbollah, including a commander.
- One “collaborator” with Iranian-backed militias.
- An ex-fighter in the former “Jabhat Al-Nusra.”