DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl)- Local sources from the embattled neighborhood of al-Esali near Damascus said vigorous efforts had been made by Syrian regime to reach a cease-fire agreement amid objections by regimes backed militias.
The cease-fire deals comes as troops loyal to Bashar Assad are trying to seize as many rebel-held parts of major urban centers as possible ahead of the June 3 presidential elections, according to AP.
The truce in neighboring district of Damascus is a subject to rebels’ approval in order to ease the suffering of Al-Esali and allowing food supplies and aid to get in, source told Zaman Alwasl.
In relevant development, Rebels and government forces Friday have agreed to a truce in Waer neighborhood near the central city of Homs, AP reported.
The truce in Waer came as Assad thanked Russia, one of his top backers, for its support on the international scene at a time when "the West is trying to subdue countries that don't accept its hegemony."
Assad is widely expected to win a third, seven-year mandate,
but opposition activists have criticized the vote as being illegitimate because
it is taking place amid a raging civil war. Syria's conflict, which began as an
uprising against Assad's rule, is now in its fourth year and has killed about
162,000 people, activists say. (With AP)
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