Syrian rebels have taken control of the city of Daraa, in the south of Syria and capital of the province of the same name, of which they now control more than 90 percent, as reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The organization, based in London and informants in the country, has indicated that “local factions” control “more than 90 percent of the province in the midst of successive withdrawals of the regime’s forces”.
“The factions had asked regime forces and security services in Daraa province to defect immediately, in addition to having managed significant progress on the ground from the early hours of the morning,” they explained.
Thus, the rebels were able to gain “total” control of “numerous military sites, checkpoints and barracks”.
Turn on It is known as the cradle of Arab Spring in Syria, the revolution that began with the arrest of a group of young people for painting graffiti against the Government and ended up degenerating into a civil war.
The Syrian Army regained control of the province in 2020 thanks to Russian support and an agreement mediated by Damascus and Moscow ended up leaving its control in the hands of a heterogeneous collective of local groups, such as the Eighth Brigade or the Central Committees, in the midst of an enormously conflictive scenario.
In this sense, the local news portal Daraa24 has published a statement from these groups that announce the constitution of the so-called Southern Operations Commandan armed alliance that points to Damascus as “its main objective.”
This same media has been reporting for hours about military withdrawals from their positions in the city and surrounding areas, For now, the Syrian Army has not commented on the matter.
In its statement, the Southern Command highlights that it has been created to protect the country’s southern borders with Jordan and restore stabilitywhile calling on the Syrian Government forces to defect.
This new alliance also ensures that has the collaboration of local militias from Sueidain the south of the country and another scene of conflict due to the uprising carried out by the militias of the Druze minority against the forces of the Syrian Government.
