Last month, Syrian government forces and allied militias imposed a siege on the Daraa al-Balad area, the old town of the city of Daraa and home to 40,000 people in southern Syria, after rebels refused to hand over their light weapons. The government forces subsequently beefed up their presence on the outskirts of Daraa and forces of the 4th Division mobilized hundreds of members with heavy weapons.
Meanwhile, the Central Committee, a body consisting of notables and media activists and former commanders in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), proposed an offer to the Assad government and said that in the event the proposal is rejected, the committee will engage in war or some other form of confrontation or even depart the area.
