[(Title)] First Russia air strikes hit south Syria since 2017 truce: monitor

BEIRUT: Russia bombed rebel-held areas in Syria's south late Saturday for the first time since it agreed on a cease-fire there nearly a year ago, a monitor said.

一位监察员说，俄罗斯周六晚间空袭了叙利亚南部的叛军控制地区，这是叙利亚的停火协议达成近一年来的首次空袭。

The Syrian Observatory for Human said around 25 strikes slammed into rebel-held towns in Daraa, a province in Syria's south that has faced escalating regime shelling in recent days ahead of an apparent ground assault.

叙利亚人权观察站说，大约25次袭击命中了叙利亚南部一个省份反叛分子控制的城镇达拉，该省在近几天前面临日益升级的炮击事件。

"Intense Russian air strikes are hitting towns in Daraa's eastern countryside for the first time since the cease-fire was agreed in southern Syria last year,"  said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.

观察站负责人拉米·阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼说：“这是俄罗斯空袭自去年在叙利亚南部达成停火协议以来，首次对达拉省东部农村的城镇进行袭击。”

The Britain-based monitor did not have any casualty figures.

总部位于英国的观察站没有掌握任何伤亡数字。

Russia, the United States, and Jordan agreed in July of last year on a de-escalation zone in rebel-controlled parts of southern Syria that would tamp down hostilities there.

俄罗斯、美国和约旦去年7月同意在叙利亚南部反叛分子控制地区建立一个缓和地带，以压制那里的敌对行动。

Since then, Moscow's warplanes — active in Syria since 2015 — had refrained from bombing rebel positions in the south.

此后，自2015年以来一直活跃在叙利亚莫斯科战机，不再轰炸南部的反叛军阵地。

But violence has been ratcheting up this week as Syrian government forces look to retake the south militarily.

但是，随着叙利亚政府部队试图以军事手段夺回南方，暴力活动本周开始加剧。

Forces loyal to President Bashar Assad began ramping up their air strikes and artillery fire on the zone on Tuesday, and at least 19 civilians in rebel-held zones have died since then, according to the Observatory.

据观察社报道，效忠于巴沙尔·阿萨德总统的部队星期二开始肆意袭击这个地区，导致叛军控制区内至少19名平民死亡。