Person killed in Syria’s Daraa countryside
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, an unidentified person was found dead with shooting marks by local residents of the of Jassim in the northern countryside of Daraa, south Syria.
“The young man, Tariq al-Halqi, was found dead after being kidnapped by unknown assailants, yesterday, Wednesday,” local sources told North Press.
“On Wednesday, unknown persons intercepted a passenger van in the western neighborhood of Jassim city. They got all the passengers off the bus, then kidnapped al-Halqi and took him to an unknown destination,” the sources added.
Al-Halqi was a dissident from the government forces. He then reconciled with the government forces but didn’t join any military formations after that,” the sources said.
Despite the government forces’ complete control of Daraa and despite the reconciliation, the governorate witnesses almost daily killings of civilians and government soldiers and former opposition factions’ members.