Syrian regime forces deployed Monday deep in the Suweida desert after making advances in positions and hills previously controlled by ISIS terrorists. The large-scale military operation currently targets a small ISIS pocket in the eastern Suweida desert, from where the terrorist group carried out two weeks ago a series of attacks on several Druze villages that killed more than 250 people, mostly civilians. Last week, ISIS executed a 19-year-old boy from al-Shabaki village, who was among more than 30 children and women abducted during its attacks on the area. Negotiations between ISIS and the regime have so far failed to secure the release of the hostages in exchange of the safe passage of the group from the Yarmouk basin in the southwest to the Suweida desert. Fears emerged on Monday about the possibility that the terrorist group would execute other hostages in the coming days. State news agency SANA said regime forces were deployed on all frontlines leading to the desert region. Separately, the Syrian regime announced the creation of a coordination committee tasked with securing the return of refugees home. The cabinet "agreed to create a coordination body for the return of those displaced abroad to their cities and villages," SANA said. It explained the committee "will take the necessary measures to settle the status of all those who were displaced and secure their return as security and basic services return to different regions.” However, the announcement was marred by reports spread on social media networks, saying that Jamil al-Hassan, head of the regime Air Force Intelligence Directorate had threatened to eradicate Syrians who opposed the regime. Hassan, known as the “old assassin” for his bloody history, was previously sanctioned by the European Union on the grounds that he was "involved in violence against the civilian population" during the Syrian war.