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The US State Department said that the country can not confirm a ceasefire and that the situation in southern Syria remains "dark"
Assumed the ceasefire in Syria
The Syrian government and the rebels combined a ceasefire in the south of the country, said Friday a Jordanian source amid fears of a imminent humanitarian catastrophe in a country.
In Washington, a State Department official said that the United States had not confirmed the report on the truce and that the situation in southern Syria remains "dark" as the Russian forces and the Syrian government continues to bomb the region.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which fights alongside Damascus and enjoys Iranian support, said that a "very big victory" is near in southern Syria.
State media said troops had marched in several cities, and a rebel official said the opposition's front lines had collapsed
. have turned their attention to the southwest since they have subjugated the last bastions of the besieged insurgents, including the eastern Ghouta, near Damascus.
A war watch group said that the offensive has expelled more than 120,000 civilians from the southwest since the beginning of last week. Tens of thousands of people fled to the border with Jordan and thousands of others until the border with the occupied Golan Heights.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has led the offensive despite US warnings of "grave repercussions". warned rebels not to wait for military support against the attack
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