Armed groups loyal to Hikmat al-Hajri seized public sector employee salaries in Suwayda, Syria, shortly after the funds were transferred from Damascus, the Syrian Ministry of Finance announced today. The same factions also conducted an armed raid on a Syrian Commercial Bank branch in Shahba. The Ministry of Finance stated that the outlaw groups targeted the salaries after they had been officially transferred. The report from the Syrian Ministry of Finance did not specify the exact amount of money seized or the exact time of the seizures and the raid, only confirming that the events occurred in Suwayda and Shahba. Further details regarding the specific motivation behind the seizures or the potential impact on public sector employees were not immediately available from the Ministry of Finance statement. The Ministry of Finance issued this statement earlier today, detailing the events.
