Smoke rises after Syrian army's shelling on the rebel positions near the town of Saida, Daraa province, Syria, on July 5, 2018. The Syrian army on Thursday started an operation along the Syrian-Jordanian borderline in the countryside of the southern province of Daraa, as negotiations have renewed between the Russian side and the rebels there after a recent hiccup. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)