Jordan seeks truce for southwest Syria after army gains

AMMAN / BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jordan stepped in to try to warn against violence and stem another wave of displacement with Syria on Sunday, mediating new talks between rebels and the government's ally Russia for a truce in the southwest

Talks in the town of Bosra al-Sham on Saturday broke down with the army in its offensive, with insurgent lines in some areas collapse, and a string of towns and cities

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's offensive in the southwest of the Sahara.

Fighting and bombardment to reclaim one of two remaining rebels strongholds in Syria, the other being Idlib and adjacent areas in the northwest. Assad's forces captured the last enclaves near Damascus and Homs

Southwest Syria is a "de-escalation zone" of reduced warfare and bombing agreed by Russia, Jordan and the United States last year. Washington warned it would respond to violations of this agreement, but nothing has done so far. Last week, rebels said the United States had had a say in the United States of America.

The opposition's chief negotiator in greater UN peace talks, Nasr al-Hariri, last week accused the United States of complicity in Assad's southwest offensive, saying American silence could only be explained by "a malicious deal"

Peace talks in the town of Bosra al-Sham, home to a UNESCO world heritage site, failed on Saturday when insurgents Jordan, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jabawi said again

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the kingdom is in danger of relapsing into the conflict. civilians.

"We are moving in all directions with all the parts to bring a ceasefire and protect civilians," he said in a Tweet on Saturday.

AIR STRIKES

Air strikes have pound the region since the offensive ramped up two weeks ago, causing at least 160,000 people to flee their homes according to the United Nations.

On Saturday at least ten civilians were killed when they were dropped on the rebel-held village of Ghasam , relief workers said. The Observatory says more than 100 civilians have been killed in escalating in fighting on June 19.

Many who fled sought refuge along the borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both Jordan and Syrian Refugees, and Israel, said their borders will stay shut.

Both countries' distributed warriors on the borders.

On Sunday , Israel also said it was able to help the Syrian front as a precaution because of the fighting there.

An Israeli army commander told Reuters it was hard to quantify how many people had sought refuge in the area

Southwest Syria was an early hotbed of the uprising against Assad in 2011 that morphed into the seven-year conflict that has cost over half a million

Until Assad 's offensive began this month, its headlines were mostly stable. However, the role of local groups in Dael and Ibta,

(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Additional Reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem, Writing by Angus McDowall, Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)