Smoke rises above the opposition-held area of Daraa during airstrikes by Syrian regime forces (Source: AFP/VNA)

Spokesman Ibrahim al Jabawi said the insurgents had carried to the negotiating table their response to a list of Russian demands that include the handing over of weapons and settling the status of insurgents in a deal that ends the fighting. According to diplomatic sources, the opposition camp was persuaded by Jordan to go back to the negotiating table.