[NPASyria] On Friday, Syrian government forces reinforced several military posts in the vicinity of the city of Jasim in the northern countryside of Daraa, a governorate south Syria, following threats to shell and storm the city.
Eyewitnesses told North Press, "The government forces set new military posts on the outskirts of Jasim in tandem with military reinforcements arrived in the region."
"The government forces started the process of setting a military post near a military checkpoint in the town of Saraya, another post in Kherbit Saraya, and a third one in a sulfur plant on the outskirts of Jasim," the eyewitnesses added.
These reinforcements came days after threats by leader of security committee of Syrian government forces, Major General Mofeed Hassan, to storm and shell the city.
The leader’s threats, during a meeting with dignitaries of the city, came in response to wanted individuals for government after they rejected to join settlement agreements.
Hassan requested the wanted individuals leave the city, accusing them of involvement in liquidations against government officials.
On Saturday, government military reinforcements arrived in Tel al-Mahes near Jasim.
Residents of the city fear the repetition of last year events when the city was shelled and civilian casualties were reported.
On Thursday, a meeting between tribal leaders and Central Committee on one hand and the security committee of the government forces on the other in Daraa concluded, agreeing to the withdrawal of the government forces from the outskirts of the city of Tafas in return for departing the wanted individuals for security apparatuses to their towns.
Since the government forces re-captured Daraa in 2018, the governorate has been living in a state of insecurity, with one or two daily liquidations targeting soldiers and officers of the government forces, not to mention the spread of thefts.
In 2021, Daraa Governorate went through an 80-day-seige. After that, a number of Daraa’s notables and government forces, with mediation of Russian officers, reached a ceasefire agreement on September 5, 2021, including handing over weapons and deploying governmental security posts in the towns of the governorate. 
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