U.S. army
through its joint task command in Jordan has demanded allied rebel
groups fighting regime forces in Syrian desert to withdraw to Jordan,
saying this move will serve the de-escalation zone agreement as their
defeat is inevitable.
In
an audio message, the U.S. army asked Ahmed Abdo Martyrs Forces and
Osoud al-Sharqiya to enter the Jordanian territories within 48 hours as
regime forces and allied Shiite militias make rapid advances in the
desert, also known as Badia.
The
Joint Operation Room, based in Amman, that leads rebel factions in
southern Syria, said it seek to me another ceasefire deal with the Assad
regime.
The
key rebel groups in Badia said last week that regional and
International powers are pressing on them to end fight and to launch
attacks on ISIS instead.
Ahmed
Abdo Martyrs Forces and Osoud al-Sharqiya urged fellow rebel factions
to launch attacks on regime forces in Qalamoun and Daraa to lessen the
offensive in Badia as the regional plan is to strengthen Assad amid
reports of 'positive' approaches between Amman and Damascus.
Ahmed
Abdo Martyrs Forces said the ultimate goal of the Assad army's push in
al-Badia was to link its forces with Iraq's militias on the other side
of the border.
The
Damascus-Baghdad highway was a major weapons supply route for Iranian
weapons into Syria until ISIS seized large territory along the
Iraqi-Syrian border, according to regional intelligence sources.
Since
May, the regime army has been moving large numbers of troops to Badia
region on the country's border with Iraq and Jordan.
In
August, Jaish al-Ashaer, the Army of Tribes, withdrew from its posts in
Badia near Suweida city, in a surprise move granted regime army more
territory.