ALBAWABA - Syrian General Security has sent significant forces to the eastern countryside of Daraa Province in southern Syria in reaction to the increasing violence. After violent clashes in the city of Busra al-Sham, the action attempts to bring stability back.
The breakup of the Eighth Brigade, a group headed by former rebel leader Ahmad Al-Awda, is another goal of the security effort in Busra al-Sham, according to local news sources based on Telegram.
As officials work to increase security across the area, a disarmament drive was started in the town of Saida, which is located in Daraa, to gather illicit and unregistered firearms.
Three Syrian Ministry of Defense personnel were seriously injured in an assault in Busra al-Sham earlier Friday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The attack was purportedly carried out by fighters from the Eighth Brigade. A former opposition politician who joined the government ranks is among the wounded. Security personnel stepped up their presence on the city's streets and enforced a curfew after the event.
As some locals suspected troops of the Eighth Brigade of trying to kill and imprison people connected to the Ministry of Defense, tensions increased even further. But as of yet, no proof has been made public to back up the claims.
In Daraa, a region that has seen several flare-ups despite government attempts to reintegrate former opposition groups under reconciliation agreements, the current events signal a new wave of instability.
