Former Secretary of the Baath Party branch in the city of Daraa in southern Syria, Kamal Al-Atma, and four other members of the Al-Atma family were killed in an attack that targeted civilians in a house in the city of Al-Sanamayn, north of Daraa, on Monday night.

According to the Daraa Police Command, the "gunmen attacked a group of civilians in the house of the head of the Al-Sanamayn Agriculture Department, yesterday evening, which led to serious injuries, after which they were transferred to the military hospital in Al-Sanamayn."

The police further added that "five of the injured were martyred, while two women were injured."

Earlier this month, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported the killing of a number of civilians and soldiers in a terrorist attack on a passenger bus in the countryside of Raqqa on Al-Zamla road within Jabal Al-Bishri.

Moreover, last December, Alaa Daifallah Al-Aboud, the mayor of Al-Naima municipality, was assassinated in the eastern countryside of Daraa by targeting his car with an explosive device, after the failure of the first assassination attempt. This shows a pattern of aggression against civilians in zones where militias and mercenaries continue to unlawfully hold power.

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