(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have thwarted an attack by Daesh affiliate in the southern province of Daraa, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl.
Jaish Khaled Bin Walid, an ISIS branch in southern Syria, has launched a surprise attack on the town of Hait in the western countryside of Daraa, activist Abu Abdullah al-Shami said.
Most recently, rebels have thwarted several attacks by Daesh on the villages of Hait in Yarmouk Basin which has been under severe siege by ISIS militants for a year.
Jaish Khaled Bin Walid was formed in May 2016, and is an alliance of several jihadist groups, the largest of them the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, which was listed by Washington as a terrorist group.
At least 10 members of Jaish Khaled Bin Walid, along with two women believed to be the wives of fighters, were killed last October in Israeli air strikes on the town of Sahm al-Jolan in the west of Daraa, according to AFP.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Jaish Khaled Bin Walid is estimated to have some 1,200 fighters, and controls territory in western Daraa province, along the border with the Occupied Golan Heights.
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