At least 17 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in southern Daraa province as regime forces and allied militias wage major offensive, residents said Tuesday.
The regime ground bombardment on Tafas town killed five civilians, including two children. On Monday, 12 people were also killed in regime airstrikes on Daraa countryside
The Syrian regime has stepped up its aerial and ground campaign on the border province with Jordan.
Daraa is understood to lie within four "de-escalation" zones around Syria, where Russia, Turkey, and Iran have guaranteed cease-fires between the warring parties. The precise boundaries of the zones are unclear.
The clashes have also taken place in al-Manshiya neighborhood, the regime’s largest barracks in Daraa and which is a home for 20,000 people.
At least 250 regime troops and militants from Hezbollah were killed since the fight erupted in February in al-Manshiya, rebel news feeds said.
Pro-regime social media mourned 10 regime soldiers and 5 Hezbollah militants killed in al-Manshiya this week.
In their turn, rebels have attacked regime bastions and Air Intelligence headquarters with home-made missiles, Al-Bunyan al-Marsous, a military operation room, said.
Rebels fired Omar missile on regime barrack in Sejna neighborhood as well they destroyed a tank in with U.S-made TOW missile.
Activists, also, warned of regime attempt to overrun the Old City of Daraa, backed by thousands of Lebanese and Iraqi militants.
More than 465,000 people have been killed by the Syrian regime and allied militias since the conflict began in March 2011 with demonstrations against Bashar Assad.
