Shelling was started once again by Syrian regime troops in Daraa in a bid to assert control over an area that has defied state authority since it was retaken three years ago. The army was found unguarded when suddenly rebels captured and took control of troops and provinces in the southern area of Daraa.
Although,
the army has sent hundreds of elite troops, dozens of tanks and armoured
vehicles to storm the enclave where peaceful protests against Assad family rule
began in 2011 and were met by deadly force before spreading across the country.
Worsening
the situation, the opposition insists the agreement allowed only civilian
control and not of military troops. Abu Jehad al Horani, who is an opposition
official said that the regime wants to end what they see as a living symbol of
the revolt against it. If they silence it by returning the army they will
subjugate the whole Hauran region.
Attacks
of this nature spread terror and panic among civilians, leading them to flee
their lands and homes in an attempt to reach safety. More than 6.5 million
citizens have been internally displaced. The international community is putting
pressure on the Syrian regime and its allies to force them to compensate the
displaced victims, rehabilitate homes and vital centres, support the process of
political transition, and press all parties to pursue the implementation of
political transition.
The Russian-backed Syrian army and allied forces recaptured Daraa from rebels in 2018, which escalated the entire issue and gave birth to the anti-government uprising. State institutions have returned but the army still has not deployed across the whole province, and continuous bombings and assassinations between former opposition figures and regime forces have since become routine. The fighting started when regime forces fired artillery shells towards the former opposition hub of Daraa al-Balad in tandem with a ground push.
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