Local sources reported to Al-Jazeera that the Syrian regime forces launched surface-to-surface missile strikes since the early hours of Monday, on the besieged neighborhoods in Daraa, in the south of the country.
Activists broadcast pictures that they said were of the bombing, which was described as the most violent since the start of the military escalation more than two months ago. Activists also broadcast pictures showing the moment the regime forces bombed Al-Mansour Mosque in Daraa Al-Balad.
This bombing coincides with a ground attack on the besieged neighborhoods in Daraa from 3 axes, in an attempt to advance towards them.
The Daraa People's Committee, in charge of negotiating with the regime, announced on Sunday the collapse of the negotiations due to this escalation.
In the past few days, understandings were reached through Russian mediation, which resulted in the departure of two batches of dozens of anti-regime fighters and their families from Daraa to northern Syria.
However, clashes continued, however, in the besieged neighborhoods, and negotiations between the commissioned committee and the regime have not achieved any progress so far, in light of the regime’s insistence on invading the city.
These neighborhoods have witnessed a military campaign since June 24, which intensified over the past two days after the failure to reach a settlement.
forcibly disappeared
On the other hand, the Syrian Network for Human Rights confirmed the presence of tens of thousands of detainees inside the prisons of the regime, and thousands of others who died in prisons under torture, on the occasion of the International Day of the Forcibly Disappeared, which falls on August 30.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that more than 150,000 detainees are still in the prisons of the Syrian regime, and about 100,000 detainees have been forcibly disappeared since March 2011 until today, including 9,300 women. The network also reported the killing of 14,000 detainees under torture, including children aged 12-15 years.