Syria has deployed security forces in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus, to restore order after a dispute at a checkpoint led to the killing of a Syrian security officer and the injury of another by a militia linked to Bashar al-Assad’s former regime.
The move to deploy forces late on Sunday follows the refusal of local militias to hand over suspects involved in Friday’s incident. “Our forces have begun deploying in Jaramana after those involved in the assassination of Ahmed Al-Khatib, a Defence Ministry employee, refused to surrender,” Lieutenant Colonel Hussam al-Tahan told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
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Source: Al Jazeera News
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