Deraa
WHO seeks access to Syrians dying from heat, disease in south
Three out of four public hospitals and health centres in Deraa and Quneitra are closed or only partially functioning.
The air strikes targeted the towns of Tafas, northwest of the provincial capital Deraa, and Saida, to its east, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Russia has played a critical role in supporting Assad’s two-week offensive with air power and negotiating local deals initially overseen by its military police.
At least 45,000 people have fled the upsurge in fighting in Syria’s southwestern Deraa province, heading toward the border with Jordan, the United Nations said.
Bashar al-Assad can contemplate a broad sweep of Syria clawed back from rebels.