A senior Syrian opposition official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus where regime forces and their allies are fighting opposition.Munir Sayal, head of the political wing of the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group, said the report carried by a media outlet run by Hezbollah was untrue.

Earlier on Friday, Hezbollah military news service claimed temporary ceasefire has been agreed in the opposition-held area for "a number of hours" and included all the factions in the area.

The regime and its allies have been trying to seize the Wadi Barada area where a spring provides supplies to four million people in Damascus.