The Secretary of the Baath Party in Daraa, Farid al-Amarin, was killed on Tuesday west of the governorate, south Syria, after being targeted by unidentified gunmen.
Sources stated that “two gunmen on a motorcycle intercepted the car of the division’s secretary, Farid Muhammad al-Amarin, in front of the division’s headquarters in Nawa, and after the car stopped, they pulled him out and shot him directly. The gunmen then fled the crime scene using his car.”
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Daraa Health Director, Dr Ashraf Barmo stated that the Nawa National Hospital received the body of Amarin who had already died as a result of several gunshot wounds to the heart, chest, and legs.
Amarin assumed his position after the assassination of his predecessor, Selwan al-Jundi, in February 2020, the source said.
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