Three HTS militants killed in south as livelihood protests expand across Syria
At least three militants affiliated with Syria’s ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime have been killed and several others injured, when fierce fighting broke out between the forces and fighters from a local group in the country’s southwestern province of Dara’a.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that HTS-affiliated militants and local armed men engaged in a bitter exchange of gunfire in al-Sanamayn city on Thursday, after the gunmen opened fire on the militants as they carried out an operation in the area.
Later on, HTS forces deployed throughout Sanamayn, and launched a manhunt in pursuit of gunmen involved in the attack.
This comes as demonstrations and protest movements have intensified throughout various territories in Syria amid escalating economic hardship and livelihood instability, characterized by suspended salary disbursements and delinquent financial responsibilities, combined with petroleum product shortages and eroded access to critical infrastructure services.
In the northeastern province of Hasakah, protesters have maintained their blockade of the M4 international highway in the vicinity of Tal Tamr for a fourth successive day.
The placement of barriers and obstacles has resulted in the disruption of oil tanker transit and vehicular movement, with demonstrators demanding improvement of living standards and resolution of fuel and service-related crises.
In the al-Sukkari district of northwestern Aleppo province, local residents organized a demonstration opposing violent behaviors and property damage that had occurred during earlier demonstrations protesting the fuel price increase. The demonstrators emphasized that demands and rights should be pursued via peaceful channels, stressing the detrimental effects of property damage and the disruption of critical public services.
In the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, personnel and laborers employed at the al-Omar oil field have maintained a blockade for the second successive day along the road leading to the field, at the al-Attal junction and on the outskirts of Dhiban, in protest against prolonged postponement of wage disbursements and outstanding financial obligations, which have remained unsettled for more than eight months.
The demonstrators set tires ablaze and impeded the passage of field vehicles, asserting they would sustain their protest encampment and maintain the roadblock until their requirements are fulfilled, in light of insufficient official communication regarding their overdue remuneration and employment circumstances.
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