Talks between the Syrian opposition and Russian negotiators to reach a ceasefire in a rebel-held town in southwestern Syria have resumed after mediation by Jordan that has been seeking a ceasefire, an opposition spokesman said.
A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages were forced to accept government rule on Saturday as insurgent lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment.
But on Sunday, following mediation efforts by Jordan, the team re-entered talks with Russian officers, Ibrahim al Jabawi, the spokesman for FSA negotiators told Reuters.
“The talks have resumed this morning between the Russian side and the opposition in southern Syria under Jordanian auspices,” Jabawi said.
Jordan, concerned about the outbreak of violence along its northern border, has been facilitating talks between groups of Free Syrian Army rebels and the Russians over a deal that would end the fighting.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the kingdom was engaged in intensive diplomacy with all parties in the conflict to help broker a ceasefire that would ease plight of displaced civilians.
A Syrian army offensive launched last month on rebel-held territory in south west Syria has driven tens of thousands of people towards the border with Jordan and thousands more to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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