DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday evening , a gang released a doctor they had kidnapped a month ago in the eastern countryside of Daraa.
The gang released the doctor after paying a ransom,” a source close to the doctor Haidar Ali al-Rifai said.
The source added that the doctor’s family paid a ransom of 100 million Syrian pounds ($30, 000).
The doctor was in the eastern town of Karak with a gang engaged in kidnapping and theft, the source said.
Daraa governorate is witnessing an unprecedented security chaos in light of the increase of kidnappings for ransom in full view of the security services of the government forces.