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Man found killed in Daraa northern countryside, 2 more in east; govt opens processing ctr.
2023-05-24
[NPASyria] Residents in the northern countryside of Daraa, south Syria, found a body of a man on Tuesday bearing marks of torture and gunshot wounds.

A local source told North Press, "The residents found the body of Muhammad Khair Adnan al-Aqayleh, 31, on the agrarian road connecting the cities of Jassem and Nawa in the northern countryside of Daraa. The body showed signs of torture and gunshot wounds in several parts."

The source added that the body was transferred to the Jassem National Hospital before being claimed by the dear departed’s family.

Al-Aqayleh hails from the city of al-Sheikh Maskin in central Daraa, the source said, adding that he was civilian who had not previously joined any military formation.

Since the Syrian government forces recaptured Daraa in 2018 from armed opposition factions, the governorate has been living in a state of security chaos with liquidations, abductions, robberies taking place on a daily basis.

Two civilians killed in eastern Daraa

[NPASyria] Two brothers were killed on Monday by unknown button men in a town in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria.

A local source told North Press, "The two brothers, Ahmad and Muhammad Mustafa al-Radi, were rubbed out by unknown button men in the town of Nassib in the eastern countryside of Daraa."

The brothers were civilians and worked in repairing electrical appliances, the source said, adding they had not joined any military formation.

The source noted that the residents of the town pointed fingers at members of a nearby checkpoint of the Syrian government forces.

Government forces complete 5th settlement process in Syria’s Daraa

[NPASyria] On Monday, the Syrian government forces opened the fifth settlement center in Daraa city, southern Syria. Such centers offer Syrians wanted for the government’s state security branches a way to settle their status.

An exclusive source told North Press that the government forces will open a settlement center in Qasr al-Houriat hall, in al-Kashif neighborhood, in Daraa al-Mahatta.

The source added that the settlement is for those who evaded the country’s compulsory military service and reserve service in the government army.

Government forces will give those who defected from the army one month to return to positions, while those who failed to enlist in the reserve service will be given six months to join, the source added.

Seventeen people from the town of al-Naimah, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, are wanted for state security; most of them belonged to the Eighth Brigade of the Russia-backed Fifth Corps, the source noted.

The source indicated that the wanted members of the Eighth Brigade will hand over the weapons they received when they enlisted.

The fifth settlement was launched on May 16, when the status of 25 people was settled and a number of weapons were handed over.

Government forces completed the fourth settlement in April of 2022, which lasted for two days, and was overseen by officers from the Russian Military Police (MP). The first and the largest such center was opened in September 2018.

In July 2018, opposition factions and Syrian government forces reached an agreement, mediated by Russia, regarding the opposition-held areas of Daraa.

According to the deal, opposition bandidos Lions of Islam who agreed to hand over heavy weapons, were handed special cards to protect them from prosecution, and allowed them to stay in Daraa. Those opposed to the agreement were forced to leave for Idlib, which is under the control of 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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