Two killed, one injured in Syria’s Daraa
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, two individuals were killed and another was injured in the town of Jasim in the northern countryside of Daraa, a governorate south Syria.
A local source told North Press, “Ali Youssef al-Aziz al-Jalam and Ayoub Youssef al-Mlahma were killed and Naser Khaldon Askar was wounded in an attack in Jasim,.”
The source added, “Unknown attackers, who were riding a motorcycle, fired on them directly in the main square in the town.”
The three were transferred to the National Hospital in the city, where two of them succumbed to their injuries, while Askar, who is still receiving treatment, is in a critical condition, according to the source.
It went further saying that the three targeted individuals were former members of the Syrian opposition factions before the Syrian government forces retook control over the Syrian south.
After they joined the settlement agreement of the summer of 2018, they did not join any military or security formations, the source added.
Since the government forces re-captured Daraa in 2018, the governorate has been living in a state of insecurity, with one or two daily assassinations targeting soldiers and officers of the government forces, not to mention the spread of thefts.
In 2021, Daraa Governorate went through an 80-day-seige. After that, a number of Daraa’s notables and government forces, with mediation of Russian officers, reached a ceasefire agreement on September 5, 2021, including handing over weapons and deploying governmental security posts in the towns of the governorate.