The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The violent clashes in the countryside of Daraa kill 65 fighters of factions and Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which begins to withdraw from the areas it advanced to

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by several reliable sources that the clashes are still taking place in the western countryside of Daraa, between the fighters of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid  which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization against Jaysh al-Islam, Mujahideen Horan, Ahrar Nawa Division, Osud al-Sunna Division, the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham, al-Haq Division, Fajr al-Islam Division, al-Moataz Bellah Division and al-Haramayn al-Sharifayn Division, in conjunction with the start of withdrawing by the fighters of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid  from Adwan town, of which it controlled during its violent offensive yesterday, where Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid  yesterday took control of towns of Tasil, Sahem Golan and Adwan, and the strategic hill of Jumou’ on the triangle of Golan – Jordan -Daraa. The withdrawal came after the continued violent clashes which caused more human losses, rising to at least 65 the number of fighters of both parties who were killed in the shelling and clashes, where it rose to 42, the number of fighters of the factions who were killed during the shelling and clashes in the western countryside of Daraa since the dawn of Monday the 20th of February 2017, while it rose to 23 at least, the number of fighters of Jaysh Khaled Ibn al-Walid who were killed in these clashes, including 6 at least who were beheaded by fighters of the factions, and information about executions carried out by fighters of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid against the fighters of the factions, also 5 persons were killed; intersecting sources said that they were killed in the clashes and by Khalid Ibn al-Walid during its control of areas that it advanced to it in the western countryside of Daraa, in addition to a child was killed by a gunshot in Adwan town.