(Zaman Al Wasl)- Strategic al-Manshiya district in southern Daraa city is almost under rebel control after rapid advances against regime and Shiite militias this week, rebel task room command said Saturday.
al-Bonyan al-Marsous Operation Room, in statement issued Saturday, said rebels had controlled 90 blocks and 4 checkpoints in the regime’s last stronghold in the Old City of Daraa.
Al-Manshiya neighborhood, the regime’s largest barrack in Daraa and which is a home for 20,000 people, has turned into battleground for rebels and regime forces for the last three months.
At least 160 regime troops were killed and 500 more were wounded since the fight erupted early February in al-Manshiya, rebels said.
On Friday, at least 7 regime troops have been killed by rebels in al-Manshiya, rebels said.
The rebel groups that participate in the battles, including Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham, led by former al-Qadea offshoot -formerly known as the Nusra Front- and Ahrar al-Sham.
Al-Bonyan al-Marsous also said that Syrian lieutenant Colonel was executed by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia over charges of ‘treason’ in al-Manshiya.
al-Bonyan al-Marsous Operation Room, in statement issued Saturday, said rebels had controlled 90 blocks and 4 checkpoints in the regime’s last stronghold in the Old City of Daraa.
Al-Manshiya neighborhood, the regime’s largest barrack in Daraa and which is a home for 20,000 people, has turned into battleground for rebels and regime forces for the last three months.
At least 160 regime troops were killed and 500 more were wounded since the fight erupted early February in al-Manshiya, rebels said.
On Friday, at least 7 regime troops have been killed by rebels in al-Manshiya, rebels said.
The rebel groups that participate in the battles, including Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham, led by former al-Qadea offshoot -formerly known as the Nusra Front- and Ahrar al-Sham.
Al-Bonyan al-Marsous also said that Syrian lieutenant Colonel was executed by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia over charges of ‘treason’ in al-Manshiya.
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