As many as 14 people have been killed in Daraa province, as clashes are continuing, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Four armed men from al Nusra front have been killed in clashes with Syrian forces, Sky News quoted the Syrian Observatory as saying on Saturday.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. More than 200,000 people have died so far in the conflict in Syria, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al Hussein.