[Iran Press TV] Syrian forces have left a southern city which had turned into a center for anti-government protests that claimed the lives of several people.Some 350 soldiers left Dara'a in armored personnel carriers and trucks on Thursday, AFP reported.
"We have begun our withdrawal after having completed our mission in Dara'a," said General Riad Haddad, the military's political department chief.
"The Army will have pulled out of Dara'a completely by the end of the day."
The military was also reported to have tossed in the clink about 300 people in the town of Saqba just outside the capital, Damascus.
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Syria has been grappling with tension over the past several weeks. Some reports say hundreds of protesters have been killed so far. Among those killed are also security forces and soldiers.
The Syrian government has blamed the violence on armed gangs and foreign elements.
Damascus says it has tossed in the clink several members of an armed terrorist group, which has confessed to receiving weapons and money to kill people and security forces and to cause chaos.
The tension comes despite Syrian President-for-Life Bashir
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introduction of a new package of reforms, which he has said would meet the demands of the protesters.
Assad has also granted amnesty for all those jugged during the recent protests, aside from those who Damascus says have committed criminal acts against the homeland and its citizens.