The leader in (Jais al-Islam) or Army of Islam and the former chief negotiator, "Mohammed Alloush," denied the Russian allegations of negotiations on the besieged eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside.

"Russia says that extremists in the eastern Ghouta have not responded to the calls to stop fighting and disarmament," Alloush said in a post on his Telegraph channel. "The answer: We did not have negotiations at all!" He said the statement was "Russian recognition of committing war crimes in forced displacement imposed on civilians, "he added.

The Reuters news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that "attempts to reach a peaceful solution in the eastern Ghouta failed."

Jaish al-Islam political Commission holds Russia responsible

The political commission of the Army of Islam accused the Syrian regime of seeking to complete what it called the "sectarian strife" around Damascus with Iranian-Russian support through the military campaign launched against the eastern Ghouta area.

"We hold Russia responsible directly for shedding the blood of innocent people in Ghouta alongside Iran, in contrast to the Russian allegations that they are not participating in this Holocaust," the Commission said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement called on "countries that claim human rights to act immediately to stop this campaign against innocents and to stand in the face of the criminal policy of Russia, which intends to prove its international weight on the skulls of the Syrians by committing massacres against unarmed people."

It called on international organizations to act against "war criminals directly responsible for these crimes represented by Bashar al-Assad and his regional and international supporters," stressing the steadfastness of the fighters on the Ghouta fighting fronts and their readiness to counter any attack by the regime's forces.

The eastern Ghouta witnessed in recent days a major escalation of aerial and ground bombardment, which focused on residential areas and infrastructure, amid a media focused campaign by the Syrian regime saying that the regime is pushing military reinforcements to the eastern Ghouta to begin the process of storming, while the regime forces suffered heavy losses during the past days as a result of repelling an attack on the points between Duma and Harasta, in addition to the progress of the operations room "They Were Wronged" in the city of Harasta.