An agreement reached to end violence in southern Syria BEIRUT – The rebels announced on Friday that they have reached an agreement with Russian mediators to end the violence in southern Syria and deliver the crossing point to Jordan after Syrian government forces captured new areas along the way. the border

] Syrian government forces launched a mbadive offensive on June 19 to retake the province of Daraa and the neighboring region of Quneitra bordering the Golan Heights occupied by Israel. The attack displaced some 330,000 people and left dozens dead.

Ibrahim Jabawi, a spokesman for the rebel common room, said he had reached an agreement with the Russians in which the insurgents will start delivering some of their heavy weapons. He added that the Russian military police will deploy along the border with Jordan, including the Naseeb border post, and that rebels opposed to the agreement will be evacuated to the rebel-held areas in the north. from Syria.

The government of President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian supporters did not make immediate observations.

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights based in Britain stated that 159 civilians had been killed since the beginning of the offensive. 19659002] Friday's agreement comes after bombing of rebel-held areas intensified earlier this week after the rebels rejected an agreement with the Russians. The new wave of overwhelming attacks seems to have forced the rebels to agree to the deal.

Nabaa Media, a collective of opposition activists, said the latest government badault on the region had killed several people, including a woman and her four children. held the village in Daraa. The agency has released a video showing women and their children lying dead in a van.

The United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, said Friday that it has received "horrific reports" from an entire family, including four children are being killed. He said the latest deaths brought to 65 the number of children declared dead in less than three weeks just in southern Syria

"In the biggest wave of moving south from Syria since At the beginning of the seven-year war, about 180,000 children were forced to flee their homes with few resources to protect themselves, shelter or receive help, "UNICEF said Friday. the eastern side of southern Daraa province and should capture the Naseeb border crossing "in a few hours".

The Observatory stated that Syrian troops are now about three kilometers from the Naseeb border post. He added that the government now controls nearly 70% of the province that was the first to rise against Assad in 2011.