SYRIA UPDATE: MILITARY ACTION OVERNIGHT IN SPITE OF 'TRUCE', ISRAELI SITE CLAIMS IRANIAN ROLE
(THE LATEST 830AM EASTERN: Many opposition units are laying down their arms in a half dozen or more towns in the Daraa countryside accepting the Russian brokered deal and some Syrian soldiers have reached the Jordanian border southeast of Daraa city. Opposition forces are said to have left the area in some cases.)
There were several airstrikes overnight in the town of Na'eema in the Daraa region with the 12 hour truce planned overnight not applying to all areas of southwestern Syria according to a Twitter post.
Land attacks were also reported on the west side of the city of Daraa by dawn Friday June 29th with ground forces advancing under support of artillery and missiles.
There is also a claim this morning of the town of Al Hirak, northeast of Daraa coming under government control.
The Israeli website "DEBKAfile" claims that Iranian and Hezbollah fighters are mixed in with an Iraqi unit called the "Liwa Zulfiqar" militia. An article published yesterday (June 28th) contends that Russian guarantees to the US, Israel and Jordan about Iranian military involvement in the southern Syrian offensive have been breached.
Israel uses the notion of Iranian-Hezbollah forces near its borders to justify military action in Syria.
The "Southfront" website reported that the pressure is on opposition forces to accept Russian offers of a deal to withdraw from southwestern Syria or face more military action against them.
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