SAA event in Daraa, Mahjah area, Syrian Arab Republic on Thu 28th March 2024

3 people, including an officer from the Assad regime forces, were killed in two separate armed attacks by unknown persons in Daraa and Quneitra governorates in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ahrar Houran Gathering, the two young men, Abdullah Hoshan and Akram Al-Hamad, were killed after being targeted by direct bullets on Tal Al-Katiba Road, west of the town of Mahajah, while they were returning to the town.

The group - which reports news from southern Syria - added that the assassination was carried out by 4 masked gunmen who were riding motorcycles coming from the town of Mahjah.

The two young men are from the town of Mahjah, and they are former members of the Free Army. After the settlement, they did not join any military entity.

In a second operation, the military security assistant, “Muhammad Habib Koussa,” nicknamed “Abu Habib,” was killed after being targeted by direct bullets in the village of Al-Muallaqa, south of Quneitra. According to the Ahrar Houran Gathering, “Koussa” had previously been targeted with an explosive device a short time ago in the Quneitra countryside, but he survived. From being targeted then.

“Abu Habib” comes from the Masyaf area in the Hama countryside, and is responsible for security studies in the southern region of Quneitra Governorate. He is known to be notorious as a result of his work also to impose royalties against civilians in the region. According to what the Ahrar Houran Gathering said.

No party has claimed responsibility for these assassinations at the time of preparing this report, like other assassinations that southern Syria witnesses on an almost daily basis and are recorded against unknown persons.