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The director of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told Agence France-Presse that government forces evacuated military and security sites and checkpoints, while workers in government institutions left, “so that the governorate, which is located on the border with Israel, became free for the first time from Syrian army“.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is based in Britain but relies on a network of sources on the ground in Syria.
Reuters, citing Druze sources, also reported on Saturday that it had taken control of most military bases in Suwayda province in southern Syria on the border with Jordan.
And it remained Khalkhal Air Base Located north of the provincial capital in a Druze-majority area under military control, forces are regrouping.
The sources added that the headquarters of the Syrian army’s special forces unit in the city witnessed mass defections.
The sources said there were hundreds of soldiers Syrian army They are now taking refuge in places belonging to the Druze community.
This came after armed factions took control of the city earlier on Saturday Suwaidathe center of the province.
On Friday, the armed opposition in Suwayda gave the Syrian army 24 hours to withdraw from the governorates.