(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front, key rebel alliance in southern Syria, denied any support or engagement in local peace initiative with Israel, according to the spokesman and sources.
A five-point paper called Golan Peace Initiative and secret visit to Israel were the latest debate taking place in Daraa province that comes after two weeks of a cessation of hostilities agreement which was brokered by Moscow and Washington where Russia's military police have been deployed and Iran-backed Hezbollah has retreated to the border of Damascus, 30 miles (45 km) from Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights.
Major Issam al-Rayes, spokesman for Southern Front, has refuted reports of the secret visit to Israel and attending peace talks initiative, saying such reports aim to defame armed opposition.
Al-Rayes via phone call said pro-regime news feeds have a clear agenda to link southern rebels with Israel.
Syrian regime media outlets said al-Rayes with Abu Osama al-Jolani, member in High Negotiations Committee (HNC) had attended a meeting in Israel to launch a peace initiative.
Russia vowed to Israel to make the agreement a permanent deal to secure the border line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the territory adjacent to Jordan.
Syrian regime has withdrawn a group of its elite Fourth Division forces from southern Daraa on Wednesday due the agreement. The withdrawal of elite forces was a sign by Damascus that the agreement is a long-term one, activists said.
Meanwhile, Syria’s leading Civil Defense group finds a space of time to mend and serve residents in Daraa city.
'Life wheel is rolling again', residents told Zaman al-Wasl who work with the White Helmets rescuing group to lift the piling rubble from Daraa streets after six years of heavy bombing.
Ibrahim Abu Nabout, Director of Daraa’s civil Defense, said the campaign is taking place in rebel-held Daraa city after six month of clashes that left huge destruction.
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