People in Syria’s Daraa take to street against Iran
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, dozens of residents of Daraa, a governorate south Syria, took to street against Iranian presence in the governorate.
A local source told North Press that dozens of residents of Daraa al-Balad took to street in the yard of al-Omari Mosque against the Iranian presence in Daraa.
The protesters raised signs with phrases demanding that Iran leave the governorate. They also hold it responsible for drugs’ prevalence and smuggling processes to the neighboring countries, the source added.
The source went further saying that the protesters renewed their demands to the Syrian government forces, calling for releasing detainees, who have been held in the government’s prisons since 2011 when protests began in the country.
Iranian-backed militias have deployed in Daraa since the government forces entered it in 2018.
Iran officially took the side with the Syrian government at the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011. It announced sending the military advisors to support the government forces in fighting against the Syrian opposition factions.
Iran continues to recruit Syrian fighters in the rank of its affiliated factions, following a policy of incentives by providing many offers, and taking advantage of the difficult living and economic conditions that Syria is going through.
Iran publicly supported and established military factions through which it used to implement its aspirations in Syria. Perhaps the National Defense Forces, the Liwa Fatemiyoun and Liwa Zainebiyoun factions are among the most prominent of these factions.