Despite the breakthroughs in the file of abductees of al-Suwaidaa, the regime forces continue to besiege men and youths in valleys of Yarmouk Basin after the surrender of members of Jaysh Khalid
Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them continue sweeping the valleys of Yarmouk Basin area in the far southwestern countryside of Daraa, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored sounds of gunfire heard from valleys near Ma’rayeh village since the dawn of today, Saturday, accompanied by sweeping the area by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and this sweep comes in conjunction with regime’s continued besiege for tens of men and youths in valleys in the area, refusing to let them leave before completing the process “confirming” that they are not members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Friday, the 3rd of August 2018, that tens of people are still trapped in valleys located in the far southwestern countryside of Daraa, where the regime forces got the women out of the area, but they are still holding men and young men and refuse to allow them to exit before “making sure” that they are not members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, or in connection with them, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Thursday, that the regime forces are continuing to sweep the valleys which are located in the far south-western countryside of Daraa, after the surrender of about 80 members of Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed which pledges allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, who had gathered in the area of Yarmouk Valley with other citizens, and they were subjected to gunfire every now and then, by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and by the Jordanian border guards on the other, and the Syrian Observatory learned that members of Jaysh Khaled have surrendered to the regime forces in valleys near Al-Qusayr village, where the regime forces took them by buses to a destination that is still unknown until now, and the SOHR published yesterday, Wednesday, that cautious calm returned to prevail the far southern countryside of Daraa, where tens of the members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid which swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization, are gathered in the area of Yarmouk Valley with other citizens, and they were subjected to gunfire every now and then, by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and by the Jordanian border guards on the other, along with threats against them by the factions which have joined to the “reconciliation” and which are stationed in Hayt area and the east of Yarmouk Basin, and this calm is coincided with information which have been received to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, about the fact that the regime forces have opened the way for the remaining members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid with their families and citizens to leave Yarmouk Valley towards the east of Yarmouk Basin, and then they will be transferred to unknown destination believed to be the Syrian Desert, after the regime forces managed in the past 48 hours to impose their control over the entire villages and towns of Yarmouk Basin which enabled them to regain the control of the entire province of Daraa, with the exception of the gathering about which information was received in the past few hours about ending its presence in Yarmouk Valley after reaching a consensus about Yarmouk Basin.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the fate of the negotiations between the representatives of the regime and al-Suwaidaa and between the “Islamic State” organization remains uncertain, in conjunction with anticipation for the release of the people who were abducted from villages adjacent to the desert of al-Suwaidaa Province, where members of the “Islamic State” organization are located, and this comes with information about breakthroughs in the case of abductees of al-Suwaidaa, where the “Islamic State” organization and after the loss of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid for al-Yarmouk Basin area west of Daraa, and insisted that the regime forces release its prisoners of the members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, and requested their release with other detainees at the regime forces including first-rank and second-rank leaders of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, along with other detainees and members connected to the organization, while consultations are under way between the authorities of the regime to carry out the process, after the abduction of 30 children, girls, and woman from villages in the eastern countryside of al-Suwaidaa, and transferring them to areas of presence of the Organization in the Desert on the 25th of July 2018.