8 civilians killed in Daraa
Eight civilians were killed in an attack by the
Assad regime on the Syrian city of Daraa over the past 24 hours, said Syrian
opposition sources on Wednesday.
The regime forces are attacking the south of the
city, a strategic area that borders Jordan and the Golan Heights, in an attempt
to separate between opposition-held areas in the western and eastern
countryside of the city.
The week-long offensive against the city has left so
far 40 civilians dead. Also 33 Assad forces and rebels were killed in the
offensive.
Syria’s army is pursuing a divide-and-conquer
strategy against rebels in the south, aiming to chop up the horseshoe-shaped
territory that the opposition holds.
The United Nations had previously warned that
fighting was putting 750,000 people in rebel-held areas of the south in danger.
