Syrian jets strike south in initial such attacks given truce

AMMAN – Syrian jets struck rebel-held towns in a country’s south on Monday, a initial aerial attacks on a area given a United States and Russia brokered a understanding creation it a “de-escalation zone” final year, rebels and residents said.

At slightest 8 raids struck a rebel-held towns of Busr al-Harir, Hrak, al-Gharaiya al-Gharbiya and al-Sowara in farming areas in eastern Deraa range in southern Syria, dual insurgent officials told Reuters.

The southern area around Deraa range is one of 3 categorical tools of a nation where vast populations are still underneath a control of rebels against to President Bashar Assad, along with a northern area nearby a Turkish limit and a eastern Ghouta segment on a hinterland of Damascus.