(Zaman Al Wasl)- Brigadier general killed by rebels when he was heading the southern Daraa province with his Battalion 242 on Tuesday as regime army sends huge reinforcement to border area with Jordan.
Activists said rebels have ambushed Mazen Ahmed Barakat's military convoy near the town of Kherbat Ghazaleh.
Rebels have been on alert as the regime forces backed by allied militias have been mobilizing troops to launch major offensive in southern Syria despite warning from Washington, local sources said.
Rebels killed 5 more officers from Barakat’s hometown of Keymin in Latakia province this week.
The Alawites-dominated areas are still the main manpower supply for Bashar al-Assad's regime. The mourning posters and statements have been sweeping the streets and social media pages.
More than 125,000 pro-regime forces have been killed in seven years of brutal war, according to local monitoring groups.
At least 28 troops from the coastal province were killed in the holy month of Ramadan, pro-regime news feeds said.
Most of the slain soldiers were killed by Daesh in eastern Syria as the militant group showed fierce resistance despite shrinking territory.
The death toll included 24 troops from the city of Jableh.
On Tuesday, regime forces backed by Hezbollah militia pounded a border territory with Jordan, leaving dozen wounded, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl.
The strategic region of al-Lajat, including the town of al-Masika, has been rocked by hundreds of artillery shells, Abu al-Walid, spokesman for Alwayat al-Omari, told Zaman al-Wasl.
Field sources said regime forces plan to seize the strategic hilltop of al-Harra in the western countryside as well to isolate rebels in al-Lajat region that lies on the border with Jordan.
Al-Omari Brigades, in statement issued Monday, said the regime forces seek to stir sedition between opposition-held areas and the Druze-dominated province of Suweida.
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