Thursday, April 12, 2012

Syria mostly calm after UN truce deadline

Syria mostly calm after UN truce deadline
10:14 AM, Apr. 12, 2012 |

BEIRUT (WTW) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition, but there were reports of scattered violence and the government defied demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks.

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