Let's hope that this truce holds and that by some miracle this civil war can be ended.
Violence in Syria Abates on Day 1 of Cease-Fire
By ANNE BARNARDFEB. 27, 2016
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Syrians collected items from an abandoned building on Saturday in Douma, near Damascus.CreditAmer Almohibany/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Violence significantly decreased in much of northern and western Syria on Saturday, the first day of a truce brokered by the United States and Russia, even amid reports of scattered violations, including incidents of bombing, shelling and at least one aerial attack.
Russia said it was suspending, at least for the day, the airstrikes it had been conducting for five months in support of the Syrian government, and residents in many areas enjoyed a few tentative hours of calm.
“There’s a sense of relief,” said Hassan Taqieddine, an antigovernment activist in Douma, a besieged suburb of the capital, Damascus. He added that while there had been no shelling so far, most were staying indoors.
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Violence in Syria Abates on Day 1 of Cease-Fire
By ANNE BARNARDFEB. 27, 2016
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Syrians collected items from an abandoned building on Saturday in Douma, near Damascus.CreditAmer Almohibany/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Violence significantly decreased in much of northern and western Syria on Saturday, the first day of a truce brokered by the United States and Russia, even amid reports of scattered violations, including incidents of bombing, shelling and at least one aerial attack.
Russia said it was suspending, at least for the day, the airstrikes it had been conducting for five months in support of the Syrian government, and residents in many areas enjoyed a few tentative hours of calm.
“There’s a sense of relief,” said Hassan Taqieddine, an antigovernment activist in Douma, a besieged suburb of the capital, Damascus. He added that while there had been no shelling so far, most were staying indoors.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/w...yria-abates-on-day-1-of-cease-fire.html?&_r=0
