A day after al-Qaeda-linked group threat to attach Bashar al-Assad’s strongholds in Sweida province, a Grad rocket hit a military base for recruitment in the city center, activists reported.
In statement issued by al-Nusra Front and posted online on Monday, the key rebel group threatened to attack regime’s headquarters in the city.
Sweida, the main stronghold of Druze sect, has witnessed several pro-democracy protests since the Syrian uprising erupted in March 2011. While the movement remains marginal, it is charged with symbolism, activists said.
Sweida is the birthplace of the historical Syrian figure, Sultan Pacha al-Atrash, who led the Syrian Revolution from 1925–1927.
Syria's three-year civil war has killed more than 150,000 people, a third of them civilians, and caused millions to flee.
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