Tit-for-Tat Abductions in Syria’s Suwaida, Daraa
Arab World
London - Asharq Al-Awsat
Tension has prevailed in southern Syria's Suwaida and Daraa since the end of March as a result of kidnappings and armed attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed that armed men from Bosr Al-Harir in the eastern countryside of Daraa hijacked a bus carrying regime soldiers from Suwaida and took them to an unknown location. The kidnapping was in retaliation for the abduction of a person from Bosr Al-Harir by fighters from Suwaida on Friday, according to the kidnappers. Several areas in the eastern countryside of Daraa and Suwaida’s countryside have been tense amid concerns of a possible protracted gunfight, which elders are trying hard to prevent. On March 28, SOHR sources reported that Bosra Al-Sham gunmen who attacked Al-Quraya area - in the southern countryside of Suwaida - executed six local armed men and sent the victims' photos to their families after the execution. Sources added that tense calm returned to the southern countryside of Suwaida after dramatic developments in several areas on Friday, while local gunmen in the area were on high alert in anticipation for possible attacks. Tension began ten days ago when a gang abducted two young men from Bosra Al-Sham and took them to the group’s stronghold in Al-Quraya. Subsequently, gunmen from Bosra Al-Sham attacked Al-Quraya and attempted to abduct residents on Friday. The tit-for-tat attacks were followed by fierce clashes between the attackers and local gunmen from Al-Quraya, leaving ten armed men from local factions dead and six others injured, while four attackers were killed.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2217636/tit-tat-abductions-syria%E2%80%99s-suwaida-daraa
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