CHAOS IN WEST DARAA

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A week ago, the West Daraa region witnessed a bloody day, where the bodies of two of the people of the region were found, on the pretext that nine police officers had been killed in the town of Al-Mazyreeb. Following in Horan, was a pursuit of those being accused of killing and the burning of some properties. This all taking place within a region that the Syrian government has announced its control over since 2018.  As a result, government forces mobilized at the 15th Division and Silo checkpoint between the city of Daraa and the town of Al-Yadouda, with the aim of storming the area. 
What prevented them from entering the region was the presence of Russian forces that tried to negotiate and find solutions to what happened, as well as conducting meetings between activists from the region; members of the “Central Committee” on the one hand, and between government agencies on the other. The government agents insisted on extraditing “Muhammad Qasim al-Subaihi, “who is accused of killing police officers after finding the body of his son and one of his relatives killed after being previously kidnapped.

It is also to be noted that armed groups from the settlement and reconciliation factions pursued “Al-Subaihi” the other night, stormed his house in the town of Al-Mazyreeb, burned some properties and are holding him responsible for the killing of the police officers.

While the official media rushed through the pages of his Facebook correspondents, to praise the prosecution of the accused for the killings, the other community forces were touting “Al-Subaihi” as being honorable, noting that his house was burned and blown up.

A “Syrian lawyer”, who refused to give his name, said that the storming of “Al-Subaihi” and the storming of homes by settlement groups, which are currently considered to be affiliated with government forces are acting illegally and the only ones who have the right to enter homes are the judicial police, and only by order of the judiciary. That it is stated in Article 36 of the Constitution: “Homes are protected. It is not permissible to enter or search them except by order of the competent judicial authority.” Likewise, it is not permissible to hold wanted persons and hand them over to the judiciary except by the Public Prosecution, according to Article 17 of the same constitution.

It is noteworthy that the West Daraa region and most parts of the surrounding area have witnessed security tension for years, the assassinations do not stop and never end. Clashes, kidnappings and theft are all in the absence of a government willing to address these issues or uphold the law in accordance with the constitution. Government officials and agencies allow issues to be resolved outside the law despite the government’s claim to impose its control on all parts of Daraa since mid-2018.
It is important here to mention that now in Daraa there is the arrival of very large military reinforcements and, a large number of soldiers in southern Syria are getting ready to storm several villages. However, negotiations continue between the committees representing the Syrian revolution with the Russian military police.

This article was penned by a Syrian correspondent whose name shall remain anonymous in order to protect the identity.