A terrorist was killed and the leader of a terrorist cell was arrested to carry out assassinations in a qualitative operation of the security forces in Syria in the vicinity of the city of Sheikh Maskin in Daraa countryside (southern Syria), according to what the Syrian official media reported today (Tuesday).

The Syrian News Agency (SANA) quoted an unnamed security source as saying, "The leader of a terrorist cell was arrested to carry out the assassinations, and another terrorist from his group was killed and their weapons were confiscated in a qualitative operation carried out by the security forces in the vicinity of the city of Sheikh Maskin in Daraa countryside."

The source said, "The cell members had carried out 3 terrorist operations during the past week, which resulted in the killing of two policemen and one of the army. They were carrying out the operations on a motorcycle to facilitate movement between agricultural lands."

It is noteworthy that the Syrian army was able to control the province of Daraa in southern Syria in 2018, according to settlement agreements sponsored by Russia, which stipulate that the armed groups that controlled the villages and countryside of Daraa hand over their weapons to the Syrian army, and whoever refuses will be deported to northern Syria.

Despite this, Daraa is still witnessing a state of security chaos in some areas, and members of the army and police in Syria are targeted, in addition to targeting responsible figures in the Syrian state, by shooting them or targeting them with explosive devices.