Iran and Russia foment Violence in Southern Syria
On September 29, fighting resumed after members of the National Defense Forces (NDF) militia, allied with the Syrian regime, attacked the 8th Battalion of the Fifth Division. "These battles turned into clashes between the" 8th Brigade, "whose members were mostly from the Daraa region, and the influential movement of the" Honorable Men "of As-Suwayda. Meanwhile in June, SOHR activists say two members of the fifth group were killed in clashes with Mahajeh administration forces in the Daraa countryside, after a military intelligence checkpoint was attacked by a civilian from the town. Meanwhile, fighters from Daraa of the Russian-backed 5th Army took control of a road near Damascus-Daraa owned by the military intelligence branch in the towns of Sayda and Kahil, east of Daraa. Clashes in the town of al-Qarya, south of As-Suwayda province, on its administrative border with Daraa province, are attributed to Russia's support for the "8th Brigade" t...