Armed men kill 9 Syrian policemen in southern Syria
Damascus/Xinhua: Unknown armed men killed nine Syrian policemen in the country's southern province of Daraa on Monday, a war monitor reported.
The armed men attacked a police department in the Mzairib area in the countryside of Daraa, kidnapping the nine policemen and gunning them down, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Britain-based watchdog group said that a total of 435 attempts of kidnapping and killing have taken place in Daraa since June 2019.
It said 280 people have been killed by such attacks, including 61 civilians and 152 Syrian soldiers and policemen.
The observatory has repeatedly reported anti-government sentiment in Daraa.
The Syrian army captured Daraa from an array of rebel groups in 2018.
Daraa has a symbolic significance as it was the birthplace of the Syrian war that erupted in 2011.
Securing it was a big victory for the Syrian army both symbolically and militarily as the rebels have used the border to bring in arms and fighters throughout the war.
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