The Latest Breaking News from Daraa

Syria is becoming a narco-state crippled by violence in its southern provinces, as Borzou Daragahi explains

Syrian youths seeking to avoid mandatory military service by the regime usually flee to the southern provinces of Daraa and Sweida where some regions are still outside the control of the regime. The regime tried to take advantage of the situation by issuing in April 2021 a law in Daraa…

ISIS Leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi was killed during the security operation carried out by the Syrian Army in cooperation with local fighters from Daraa in October, a security source told Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). On Wednesday, ISIS announced the death of al-Hashemi al-Qurashi in battles without specifying the…

Attacks against members and officers of the Syrian regime, as well as suspected collaborators with Hezbollah, have increased in the Quneitra province, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and the southern Daraa province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that a new assassination took place in Daraa. Riders on…

Renowned Syrian Actress Antoinette Najeeb passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 92, after a long career and a rich contribution to dozens of series, plays and films. The Artists Syndicate of Damascus announced her death, while actors and social media influencers shared the news with expressions of condolences.…

An ISIS leader blew himself up in southern Syria after being surrounded by government forces, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a security source. The official SANA news agency said security forces carried out a "special operation" in the Daraa area that led to the death of "the terrorist Abu…

Eleven people were killed and dozens wounded when their pick-up truck ran over a landmine near Syria’s southern city of Daraa, a war monitor said Saturday. “Eleven people, including five children under 16 and three women, were killed and around 34 people were injured” in the explosion, said the Syrian…

Russian military police on Thursday conducted patrols in the governorates of Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, a private source told Asharq Al-Awsat. “For three consecutive days starting Tuesday, Russian forces carried out several reconnaissance tours in areas mostly bordering Daraa and Sweida, such as the Yarmuk Basin areas near…

The Eighth Brigade of the Russian-backed Corps, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, released the confessions of a Hezbollah operative admitting to his group plotting and carrying out assassinations in Daraa.

Dozens of prisoners who originate from Syria’s southern Daraa governorate have been released, mostly from the country’s largest and most notorious prison, Sednaya. Their release came upon the implementation of an amnesty decree issued by President Bashar al-Assad. According to Daraa-based activists, some of those released were detained prior to…

Since early 2022, the province of Daraa in southern Syria has witnessed 117 different types of attacks that left 97 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced in a report on Thursday. It said violence and insecurity chaos has dramatically escalated in the province, where 45 attacks, murders…