Explosive device injures 16 government employees in Syria’s Daraa
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – Sixteen employees were injured on Monday after their bus was targeted on Damascus-Daraa Highway, in the eastern countryside of Daraa Governorate, southern Syria.
A local source said that an explosive device exploded in the bus between the towns of Saida and al-Ghaia, in the eastern countryside of Daraa.
The bus was carrying employees of Syrian government, according to the source.
As a result, 16 employees were injured and then transported to the national hospital in the city of Izraa, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, according to the source.
In July 2018, the opposition armed faction and the government forces reached a ceasefire agreement mediated by Russia in the opposition-held areas in Daraa. Under the deal, the opposition armed factions agreed to hand over their heavy weapons in exchange for staying in Daraa, and those oppose the agreement would go to Idlib, which is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front).
Since the government forces re-captured Daraa in line with the 2018 agreement, the governorate has been living in a state of security chaos, with one or two daily assassinations targeting soldiers and officers of the government forces, not to mention the spread of thefts.