According to an Interior Ministry statement, unidentified gunmen opened fire from their weapons and killed “Major Muntajab Mohsen Pribdani, head of prison security, while four officers were seriously wounded and are being treated at the provincial hospital.

Deraa was liberated from terrorism in 2018, however, irregular gangs persist in their attacks to destabilize the governorate and hinder the ongoing reconciliation process there.

Syria faces a war imposed since 2011, and although its army, with the support of its allies Russia and Iran, liberated most of the national territory from radicals, some attacks occur that Damascus blames groups supported from abroad to continue destabilizing the country.

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