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This state of tension has increased in recent days, due to the murder of 5 leaders of the militants of the settlement, upon their return from the capital, Damascus, in an assassination operation that was the first of its kind in years in terms of planning. , implementation and schedule, as confirmed by sources familiar with the situation in the southern region. What is striking about the operation is that it took place after these leaders met with a competent authority in Damascus to discuss the archive of the bodies of the militants who died in the abandoned area of the Brigade in Daraa camp years ago, in addition to discuss the advance of settlements in the area. The cars carrying the two leaders were chased and then shot after being refueled on the Daraa-Damascus highway in the city of Muthabin near the city of Izraa, which is under the control of the army.
Perhaps the most prominent feature linking the five dead is that they are all military symbols of militants close to Ahmed al-Awda, the commander of the Russian-backed “8th Brigade” of the “Fifth Corps”, which controls most of the camp. of Daraa. The dead leaders are: Adham al-Karrad, who is fluent and fluent in Russian, and is one of the most prominent former leaders in the “Muk” room, in addition to Ahmad Al-Karad’s salary, Ahmed Faisal Al-Mahamid , Adnan Mahmoud Al-Daʻas Al-Salamah and Muhammad Najah Zaghal Al-Daghim. As soon as his assassination was announced, a campaign of incitement and accusations was launched against the security services in Daraa, which coordinated the departure of the five leaders from the governorate and their return to it, according to the militants. However, in an interview with “Al-Akhbar”, military sources denied the accusations directed at the army, and suggested “the possibility that the operation is carried out by foreign intelligence agencies that intentionally killed them in an area affiliated with the Syrian army to benefit from security tension in the south. ” Furthermore, civilian sources in Daraa suggested a major role for Ahmed al-Awda in the assassination, “with the aim of being the sole absolute leader of himself and ending the presence of other leaders in Daraa who are competing with him for influence. “.
The latter hypothesis is reinforced by the way in which the Al-Awda militants approached the situation after the assassination, as the militants of the “Eighth Brigade” interfered in the villages where the demonstrations took place after the assassination, and used the situation by conducting patrols and setting up checkpoints for them, specifically in the village of Umm Al-Mayathen, in the eastern Daraa countryside. Which witnessed the burning of tires and road cuts. The armed men of the “Eighth Brigade” also circulated instructions to the population to respect the curfew with weapons within the city, or to use motorcycles, or to walk on dirt roads at night, under penalty of responsibility. This is interpreted as an exploitation of the incident to extend influence in the villages that were affiliated with the five leaders. Al-Awda militants also attended the funeral of the dead and held a military parade in front of the mourners, to show their concern for the blood of the leaders of all factions and their willingness to avenge those who killed them.
Some of the militants who reject the settlements seek to promote military operations against the army in the areas of their deployment in the southern region, and these may have something to do with killing the five leaders, or at least investing in their blood. On the other hand, a large part of the godfathers of the settlements and reconciliations and notable people of the towns have traveled to the towns where the demonstrations took place, in order to spread calm and call not to be dragged into the escalation and to refuse to carry arms. However, the information obtained by Al-Akhbar states that “several dignitaries have been expelled from the areas where the demonstrations took place and the protesters rejected any idea of a solution”, while the government military leaders in Daraa insist in which “not to drag the area into military action despite the requests for weapons.” And the military sources add that “we are always working on adopting the provision in preparation for any option, but the priority remains to contain the escalation of the situation, according to the directives of the leadership in Damascus.”
Turkey begins to withdraw from Morek
Last night, Reuters cited informed sources as confirming that Turkey is working to withdraw its forces from the observation point at Morek in the northern Hama countryside south of Idlib governorate, which it had established in 2018, after the Syrian army and many other Turkish sites besieged it last year. . A senior Syrian opposition official close to Turkey said the dismantling of al-Qaeda has begun, explaining that it will take several days, describing this as part of the Turkish efforts to reinforce ceasefire lines that were reached in a agreement with Russia last March. Two other sources familiar with the operation, who asked not to be identified, claimed that the withdrawal began early yesterday, while one of them indicated that the Turkish forces are not considering evacuating another observation post at this stage.
(Reuters)
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