A man, identified as 27-year-old Mahib Hani Nseirat, was shot dead on April 22, 2024, by gunmen we have not yet been able to identify near his house in his home city of Jasim in northern rural Daraa governorate. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that Mahib is a civilian who has never been involved with any military formation. He works in the drug trade, however.
SNHR is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the investigation’s findings known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
