A local leader and seven other members of a militia in southern Syria affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group were killed Sunday in Daraa province, a war monitor said. The cradle of the 2011 uprising against regime President Bashar al-Assad that was followed by years of war, Daraa province remains unstable despite the return of government forces in 2018 following a reconciliation agreement with rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said “a senior leader” was among the eight killed “in violent clashes between local factions” and the IS-affiliated group. …