Syrian regime forces have killed a civilian at a checkpoint in southern Daraa province as snap attacks continue against army posts, activists said Thursday.
According to residents, regime forces have rammed their vehicle into a man riding a motorcycle in the town of Nawa. After car-ramming attack, the young man was brutally beaten and killed.
Also, an unknown armed group has attacked two military posts in the town of Jassem in the eastern countryside of Daraa. The assailants have used improvised explosive devices in the attack.
On Tuesday, three Military Intelligence operators were killed by an improvised explosive device in Daraa.
Hunting of regime officers and its intelligence agents has mounted in the past months, setting the regime's alarm as the two-year-old reconciliation deal in southern Syria is coming without fruit.
Damascus has failed in southern Syria 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.
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.
More than 140,000 regime troops have been killed in nine years but opposition figures say the number is more.
In its turn, the regime bombing has killed about 400,000 people according to the UN and Britain-based monitoring groups. Also opposition rights groups say the number is more.
Zaman Al Wasl
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