SYRIAN WAR

Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East. Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.

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Over 10 Militants Were Killed In Clashes With Syrian Army In Daraa Province

Clashes between the Syrian army and militants in the neighborhood of Al-Balad in the Daraa provincial capital.

Government forces attacked militant positions in the area after the so-called “moderate opposition” shelled a number of residential areas of the city.

As result of counter-battery fire and firefights some 10 militants were reported killed and at least 1 artillery piece destroyed. Pro-government sources deny casualties among the Syrian army. Pro-militant sources report that the “regime” suffered some losses, but don’t specify the number.