(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have attacked the besieged town of Daraya west of Damascus in the second day of Eid al-Firt in a breach to the a three-day nationwide ceasefire, rebel local council said.
The council said the regime had bombed the southern neighborhoods with 4 surface-to-surface missiles despite the regime military declared three-day "regime of calm" - a term it uses to denote a temporary truce - on Wednesday to cover the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrated by Muslims at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. But some fighting has continued.
The truce was the first to be declared across Syria since one brokered by foreign powers in February to facilitate talks to end the five-year-old civil war. That truce largely collapsed and the escalating violence torpedoed the talks.
Rebels said that regime forces on Thursday advanced to within firing range of the sole road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo, edging closer towards their objective of encircling opposition strongholds in the city.
France said on Thursday the ceasefire was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce. (With Reuters)
The council said the regime had bombed the southern neighborhoods with 4 surface-to-surface missiles despite the regime military declared three-day "regime of calm" - a term it uses to denote a temporary truce - on Wednesday to cover the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrated by Muslims at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. But some fighting has continued.
The truce was the first to be declared across Syria since one brokered by foreign powers in February to facilitate talks to end the five-year-old civil war. That truce largely collapsed and the escalating violence torpedoed the talks.
Rebels said that regime forces on Thursday advanced to within firing range of the sole road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo, edging closer towards their objective of encircling opposition strongholds in the city.
France said on Thursday the ceasefire was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce. (With Reuters)
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