AMMAN: A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report yesterday that a ceasefire had been reached between rebels and government forces in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus, where bombardments have knocked out the capital’s main water source.
The government and allied fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah launched an attack two weeks ago to take back Wadi Barada where a spring provides supplies to four million people in the capital.
A military news outlet run by Hezbollah reported that a ceasefire had been reached for “a number of hours” in the area.
