[NPASYRIA] One person was killed and two others were maimed due to festivities between the Eighth Legion, affiliated with Syrian government forces and an gang in the town of Inkhil, in the northern countryside of Daraa.A local source told North Press that Khalil Ibrahim al-Farwan was killed and his young brother Othman was injured in stray bullets due to festivities between the aforementioned parties.
Kinan al-Eid, a soldier of the Eight Legion, was injured during the festivities that have been taking place till the moment of preparing the report, according to the source.
The festivities broke out on Saturday between the Eight Legion, led by Abdulhakim al-Eid, also known as Abu al-Hakam, and another group, led by Menyar al-Qaderi, as the former accuses the latter of kidnappings, robberies and violations against the civilians.
The people of the city demanded that the parties get out of the city to avoid hurting the civilians.
The residents held a meeting to discuss the ongoing incidents in the city, but they have not reached any solutions, according to the source.
In July 2018, the opposition armed factions 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 the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
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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 liquidations targeting soldiers and officers of the government forces, not to mention the spread of thefts.