DARAA, (SANA) – Members of an Algerian media team which visited Daraa on Saturday affirmed that life in the city is normal and that the reports of biased sattleite channels contradicts facts on the ground.

The journalists stressed that the images these channels receive from unreliable sources are processed and reproduced and broadcast using specific schedules in order to depict the situation in Syria to be other than normal and that the country is in a state of chaos and disarray.

Members of the delegation said that the evidence of vandalism in some of the areas they visited indicates that there are those who wish to disrupt daily life, undermine security and damage the interests of citizens.

They affirmed that the cities were bustling with people carrying on with their lives normally, and that the allegations of some satellite channels that the city is besieged by security forces and the army are completely false.

The journalists said that they will report what they actually witnessed, contrary to some channels that seek to spread chaos in Syria and stir up sectarian tensions.

The delegation visited the Radio and Television Center and the Justice Palaces and its courts which were torched and vandalized, in addition to touring the streets and listening to locals' accounts and statements.

Earlier, the delegation began their visit by meeting Daraa Governor Mohammad Khaled al-Hanous who briefed them on what actually took place in the governorate since March 18th, noting that the authorities responded to the legitimate demands of the people.

Al-Hanous pointed out that at one point, protests turned to acts of vandalism and arson against public and private property in addition to attacks on police station and random killing of citizens, prompting the army to intervene to restore security to the governorate upon the locals' request.

For his part, District Attorney of Daraa, Judge Bassam al-Omari, briefed the delegation on the vandalism and arson committed against the Justice Palace and the ensuing loss of forensic evidence, stressing that the ones responsible have criminal records who were prosecuted in the vandalized courts.

The Algerian delegation consists of eight members including editors, journalists, photographers and technicians.

H. Sabbagh