Hundreds of people went to streets of southern Daraa province, protesting an imminent offensive on the town of Tafas by regime forces and iran proxies, activists and monitoring groups said Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said people have rallied Thursday evening in the towns of Tafas, Sahm Al-Golan, Hait, al-Karak el-Sharqi and Tal Shehab, demanding Iranian militias to leave the area. They were chanting “Free Syria, Iran out”.
Tension reached momentum last week when unknown gunmen killed nine policemen in Daraa countryside.
Hunting of regime officers and its intelligence agents has mounted in the past few weeks, setting the regime's alarm as the two-year-old reconciliation deal in southern Syria is coming without fruit.
Damascus has failed in the 'cradle of the revolution' as its notorious security services continue arrests campaigns and keep tracking former rebel fighters who laid down their weapons, seeking to start a new post-war life.
Feeling insecure, has pushed dozens of former rebels to carry weapons again, according to analysts.
Last March, rare clashes erupted in the western countryside of Daraa but the regime's massive power had smashed the rebellion when dozens of tanks were stationed in the town of Sanamayn. Since then a severe siege has been imposed on the town.
Russia, the de-facto ruler of Syria, tried to engulf the tension by freeing detainees and providing promises that most of have not come true until now, activists say.
The regime bombing has killed about 400,000 people according to the UN and Britain-based monitoring groups. The opposition rights groups say the number is more.
Zaman Al Wasl
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