Damascus government forces continue to besiege the city of Jassim in Daraa countryside

Damascus government forces continue to besiege the city of Jassim in the Daraa countryside after the failure of negotiations between them and local militants from the region against the backdrop of targeting a Russian military vehicle.

Damascus government forces continue to besiege the city of Jassim in Daraa countryside
16 December, 2023   20:12
NEWS DESK

For the second day in a row, Damascus government forces continue to besiege the city of Jassim in the northern countryside of Daraa, and imposed a curfew in the city, after the failure of negotiations between Damascus government forces, militants, and locals.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Damascus government forces require the release of its members trapped inside the “Cultural Center” in the city.

Damascus government forces closed all roads leading to the city, preventing the entry of food supplies, the exit of medical cases for treatment in hospitals in the capital, Damascus, and the arrival of students to their universities, in addition to preventing employees working in government institutions from arriving to work. Today, the city witnessed reconnaissance aircraft flying over the air.

Since yesterday, Friday, Damascus government forces have imposed a security cordon on the city of Inkhil in the Daraa countryside, after targeting a Russian military vehicle, killing and wounding 3 Russian soldiers.

Damascus government forces were deployed on the dirt roads linking the city of Inkhil to the city of Jassim, where a checkpoint belonging to the Damascus government forces was stationed east of Jassim Hospital on the dirt road that connects with the city of Inkhil, with a new point installed to separate the city of Jassim from Inkhil, coinciding with the arrival of heavy vehicles at the checkpoint. near the black basement and 4 Inter cars loaded with members of the Damascus government forces. They installed a new point in the north of the country in the city of Jassim in an agricultural area called “Devon.”

T/ Satt.

ANHA