#Syria the weak & unstable reconciliation in #Daraa reached #Damascus countryside. Clashes erupted between ex-rebels and regime forces in Kanaker town as regime forces tried to enter the town and arrest locals who protested yesterday after regime arrested 3 women on a checkpoint
Tension in Kanaker has been escalating in the past few months after regime TV aired an interview of 5 young men and 1 woman accused of being affiliated with underground insurgency group Saraya Qasioun, they said they were responsible for IED attacks in Damascus & its countryside
The alleged cell said they were led by former commander of Furqan Brigade, ex-rebel group in Quneitra & Damascus countryside. The leader of the Brigade Majed al-Khatib, currently in Jordan, denied accusation & said the young men were tortured & forced to say so #Syria
Saraya Qasioun also said the same in a statement as its attacks continued against regime elements. In April, reconciliation committee met regime commanders who gave two options: either ex-rebels leave to N Syria or regime will attack like Sanamyn town in Daraa #Syria
It would be interesting to see if this escalation would reach other areas giving the social and kinship between the locals and families in Quneitra, Daraa and Damascus provinces #Syria
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