The armed opposition controls Al-Sanamayn near Damascus

The Syrian army lost control of the southern governorate of Daraa on Saturday after fighters from opposition factions seized control of the major city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, as part of a series of losses it suffered on the ground.

The director of the Observatory said: “Local fighters took control of the city of Al-Sanamayn, a day after they took control of the city of Daraa, after the regime forces withdrew from it.”

In a post on Telegram, the leader of the Syrian armed opposition, Hassan Abdul Ghani, said: “Our forces have entered the city of Al-Sanamain… and thus we are less than 20 kilometers from the southern gate of the capital.” , Damascus,” in an implicit reference to coordination between attacks.

The city of Al-Sanamain is a key point on the road connecting southern Syria with the capital, Damascus, and also contains military bases and weapons depots that were under the control of regime forces. This achievement comes after a series of defeats suffered by Syrian army forces in other areas of the country’s south.

This comes as Syrian opposition fighters prepare to resume their rapid advance after reaching the outskirts of the city hummus In the center of the country, as government forces try to shore up the crumbling front lines and save the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Opposition fighters captured Aleppo a week ago, after which government defenses across the country collapsed at an astonishing rate as the fighters seized a number of major cities.

In addition to controlling Aleppo in the north, Hama in the center and Deir ez-Zor in the east, opposition fighters rose up in Suwayda and Daraa in the south, saying on Friday they had taken control of the two cities and releasing videos showing opposition celebrations there.

For his part, he says Syrian army It carries out airstrikes in the vicinity of Hama and Homs and deploys reinforcements on that front. He added that he is changing over Daraa and Suwaida, without acknowledging the control of opposition fighters over them.