Calm prevails al-Suwaidaa desert and the province of al-Quneitra and Daraa in the first hours of the truce agreement

Daraa province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: it rose to 4, the number of fighters who were killed as a result of dropping of barrel bombs by helicopters yesterday midnight on areas in Daraa al-Balad in Daraa city, a fighter of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham also died affected by injuries he had during clashes with the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the vicinity of al-Baath city in the central part of al-Quneitra countryside, and the regime forces also documented 1 woman killed and others injured in shelling by the factions on areas in Izra’a town which is controlled by the regime forces in the countryside of Daraa.
In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from cross sources that calm prevails in al-Suwaidaa desert and the provinces of al-Quneitra and Daraa since the afternoon of the 3rd of July, 2017 and will continue till the midnight of the 6th of July 2017. Sources informed the Syrian Observatory that the calm was interrupted by bursts of fire that targeted al-Yaduda village west of Daraa, in addition to the fall of more shells on places in Izra’a area which is controlled by the regime forces in the countryside of Daraa.
It worth mentioning that the military operations in Daraa were resumed on the 20th of June 2017, where Daraa city and its countryside have witnessed since then until the midnight of Sunday-Monday today air and missile strikes with hundreds of raids, barrel bombs, shells and missiles, which killed and injured tens of people, in addition to battles in areas at Daraa Camp, Tariq al-Sadd and al-Manshiyyeh neighborhood in Daraa city, between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, in which tens of both parties were killed and injured.

It worth mentioning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 20th of June 2017 that the American – Russian – Jordanian truce was supposed to be extended automatically after the midnight of Monday – Tuesday, but the air and missile strikes prevented that, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 19th of June 2017 that the clam prevails Daraa city after extending the Russian-American-Jordanian truce for another 24 hours, after the end of the first 48 hours which was set previously to apply the agreement that began at 12 pm the day before yesterday the 17th of June 2017, the Syrian Observatory did not document in the first two hours of the extension any violations in the city of Daraa, which witnessed a calm situation in the last 50 hours, but with the fall of shells launched by the regime forces and targeted areas controlled by the factions in the city, while the first hour of applying the regional -International agreement witnessed launching several shells by the regime forces on areas in Daraa al-Balad, also the warplanes carried out several raids targeting areas in the vicinity of Daraa Camp and areas in Daraa city.
This 48 hours of calm that prevailed the city as a result of the agreement, came after violent clashes in the city, which has taken place since the implementation of “de-escalation zones” agreement on the 6th of May 2017 between the regime forces, militiamen loyal to them and Lebanese Hezbollah against the rebel and Islamic factions and fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in areas in Daraa al-Balad and the vicinity of Daraa camp from the 3rd of June 2017 until the afternoon of the 17th of May 2017, and these clashes were accompanied by the most violent escalation witnessed by Daraa since months, where the regime forces, warplanes and helicopters launched more than 2000 airstrikes, barrel bombs, missiles believed to be ground to ground, and rocket and artillery shells on Daraa city, which caused huge destruction in the infrastructure of buildings and houses of civilians, and left casualties, while tens of fighters of the factions and members of the regime forces have been killed in these battles. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored caution by the factions regarding the implementation of this agreement at this time, especially that the agreement is only for 48 hours.