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Several checkpoints of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and security forces came under attack in the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa early on December 1, amid an ongoing large-scale offensive by militants linked to al-Qaeda in the north of the country.
An SAA checkpoint located near the town of Buser al-Harir in the eastern Daraa countryside was the first to be attacked, with militants firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the troops manning the checkpoint then clashing with them. No casualties were reported however.
Later, militants raided a checkpoint of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence located on a bridge near the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh in the northern Daraa countryside. Nine intelligence officers were reportedly killed as a result of the attack.
Separately, a checkpoint of the General Intelligence Directorate located between the towns of Inkhil and Simlin in the western Daraa countryside was attacked by militants. Two intelligence officers were killed in the initial clash with several others wounded.
The SAA chased the militants who attacked the checkpoint and shelled them inside Simlin. However, it is still unclear if any of them were killed.
No group has claimed responsibility for any of these attacks. However, al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is currently leading the offensive against government forces in northern Syria, remains the main suspect. The group is known to have a network of cells in Daraa and other parts of southern Syria.
Prior to the attack, warnings were reportedly delivered to many checkpoints of the SAA and security forces in Daraa countryside.
While the attacks were an escalation, the security situation in Daraa has been bad for years. HTS and its allies are likely trying to take advantage of the situation. However, an uprising remains unlikely as most local factions there view the group as an enemy.
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the zionist west has to collapse. i read western newspapers which write about rebels instead of terrorists. start with northern europe, which is the weakest point of the west.
that some arabs would directly target their own air defense facilities in order to support israeli strikes against their own families is utterly insane
nor ar all look at the anti american comments from” americans” here. see the globalists mob united to divide the middle east
wtf is “american”?
whatever happen in north syria can be eventually managed jointly by assad, russia, iran & the rest of the axis of resistance. whatever rebels in south syria do can also be managed by assad alone, since the rebels there dont have supply line from jordan like hts,fsa have from turkey. of course if israel & us forces in al-tanf openly suppy & support rebels in the south, is the end of assad & syria as a country. it wont happen since they a bunch of cowards
aleppo city is under rebels control now, esad will run to moscow if the situation being worse.. american – turkish nato backed forces advancing to down esad
syrion oppisition armed forces getting help from turkish nato army and from its supporters to make down syrian government
your shift’s over ! back to the bagels and online naughty girls.
west says they are rebels , not terrorists
rebels capture strategic ground in aleppo with turkey’s green light
with nato s green light too
i wonder if erdoğan sold out assad or the zionists by setting up the the american funded terrorists for elimination
turkey is a main backer of syrian opposition groups, turkey uses nato as a weapon
humiliated by mulatto sodomy required by taliban pimp and worse russian domination i pay terrorist morons to die for 3 obese ugly amerikan used up trannys in hell
turkey 1 – iran, russia 0
let the games begin……i think russia & syria know what to do & have the stuff to do it.. we will know sooner than later…. getting arabs to do israel’s dirty work is pushing water up-hill
thousands of militants from different organizations under observation by russian satellites and nobody notices the huge massing of troops.. the syrian army did not build defensive fortifications: incompetence and contempt for the civilian and military lives sacrificed not so long ago to reconquer , i have doubts about the ability of syria, iran and russia to effectively counter israel and the usa in the middle east
sf orcs idiots have been repoting “afu close to total collapse” for 2 years…looks like poohtin’s buttboy ass-ad is the one close to total collapse instead…heheheh
asad is fucked…its a 11% of population….it was mater of time…he should be happy to hold on to damaskus..
1.turkish military educated these rebels. 2.turkey paid salaries to these rebels. 3.russia’s and iranian backed esad loosed aleppo city. 4. winners (turkey,usa,israel,pakistan) 1 – looser (russia and iran backed esad 0) 5.putin fires general after major losses
syrian 2nd biggest city aleppo, entered under turkish control before trump.
the real question is why is it that the syrian army has performed so abysmal? loosing all strong points in the city such as the citadel without a fight. why is there no indept defense strategy? these turkish terrorists would attack sooner or later this was already evident when there was a ceasefire in the area from day one. the only way to solve the problem is to kill every last one of them including all turkish personel on the ground who are helping them.
the jews and the americ*nts are trying to save their joint ’greater israel’ wet dream, after being defeated in lebanon and iran having made the iron dome look like a joke for kindergarten kids. question is why iran suddenly fell so quiet? my guess is that the yankee c*nts made it very clear that if the liberate palestine alliance in any way threatened the jews existence in illegally occupied palestine, the c*nts will drop a few nukes on say tehran and other iranian places.
and moreover by attacking the low hanging goodies, i e syria, the c*nts could engage the kurds making them pay for their upkeep! after all the kurds are tight with the jews delivering heroin to mossad which then sell it into europe and the c*nts homemarket!
i just failed to under stand where were russian satellites.were syrian soldiers sleeping and not noticing anything.were there no drone to keep watching 24/7 on terrorist.erdogan wnt use alepo for bargaining tool both against putin ukraine agend and trump f35 agreement.
never trust the ottoman emperor big shoes long lip double tongue erdogan.
assad urobil chybu keď to nechal až sem zájsť. mal viac spolupracovať z ruskom a mal ich žiadať o vyčistenie celého územia sýrie. kudri sa nakoniec zrejme dohodli z turkami a výsledok je taký aký je.
why can’t southfront give us a map the terrorists advance? for years southfront gave us maps everyday. what happened?
ruzzians have already been flown out of the khmeimim air base for two days and the number is increasing 🇷🇺=🏃♂️🤡 😆😆😆
lately southfront is posting gulf states propaganda rantburg.com is much honest and more informative regarding palestine and yemen or even russia.