The American-Russian-Jordanian agreement extended and more than 50 hours of calm prevailed with violations in Daraa city
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.
Where the 48 hours of the Russian-American-Jordanian truce to stop the fighting in Daraa City which was put into effect at 12 pm on the 17th of June 2017 came to an end today. The calm that prevailed as a result was only interrupted by a number of shelling rounds by the regime forces targeting areas under the control of the factions in the City. The first few hours of the regional-international truce also witnessed a number of shells that were fired by the regime forces in areas in Daraa Al-Balad and several raids by the warplanes on areas in the vicinity of Daraa Camp and in Daraa city.
The agreement came after an intense shelling on the city and after the arrival of military reinforcements brought by the regime forces to take part in the battle of Daraa. This battle, that broke out in Daraa city since the 3rd of June 2017, is considered the third violent battle witnessed by the City since the beginning of the last month and is also considered the most violent battle since the implementation of the cease-fire agreement in the “de-escalation zones” extending from the Syrian north, which includes Idlib Province, the northern countryside of Homs and Hama and Damascus Ghouta, to the Syrian south on the 6th of May. There was a battle on the 22nd of May and another on the 17th of the same month accompanied by tens of raids and rocket and artillery shelling from both sides. It is also worth mentioning that the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham launched on the first half of February 2017 the battle of “Death over Humiliation” which aims at taking control of Daraa Al-Balad in Daraa city. These factions were able to make huge progress and take control of blocks of buildings and sites of the regime forces. Dozens of fighters from both sides lost their lives during these clashes and the shelling that accompanied them.