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05-01-2016, 04:49 AM
BEIRUT: Nearly 30 air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday as a temporary “calm” declared by Syria’s military took effect around Damascus and in the **rthwest.
It was the ninth day of deadly bombardments in Aleppo, which has borne the brunt of increased fighting that has all but destroyed a February ceasefire and killed nearly 250 people in the **rthern city since April 22, a monitoring group said. It also contributed to the break up of peace talks in Geneva, which the main opposition walked out of last week.
The Syrian army an**unced a “regime of calm”, or lull in fighting, late on Friday, which Damascus said was designed to salvage the wider ceasefire.
While that appeared to mostly hold in and around the capital and parts of **rthwest coastal province Latakia, the bombing continued in Aleppo which was excluded from the plan. Anas Al Abde, president of the Turkey-based opposition Syrian National Coalition, accused the government of violating the February truce “daily”.
The opposition was ready to reinstate the wider truce, but reserved the right to respond with force to attacks, he said. All sides have accused each other of truce violations.
The Syrian army did **t explain in any detail what military or **n-military action the “regime of calm” would entail.
It said it would last for 24 hours in the capital Damascus and its suburb Eastern Ghouta and for 72 hours in rural areas around the **rthern city of Latakia.
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It was the ninth day of deadly bombardments in Aleppo, which has borne the brunt of increased fighting that has all but destroyed a February ceasefire and killed nearly 250 people in the **rthern city since April 22, a monitoring group said. It also contributed to the break up of peace talks in Geneva, which the main opposition walked out of last week.
The Syrian army an**unced a “regime of calm”, or lull in fighting, late on Friday, which Damascus said was designed to salvage the wider ceasefire.
While that appeared to mostly hold in and around the capital and parts of **rthwest coastal province Latakia, the bombing continued in Aleppo which was excluded from the plan. Anas Al Abde, president of the Turkey-based opposition Syrian National Coalition, accused the government of violating the February truce “daily”.
The opposition was ready to reinstate the wider truce, but reserved the right to respond with force to attacks, he said. All sides have accused each other of truce violations.
The Syrian army did **t explain in any detail what military or **n-military action the “regime of calm” would entail.
It said it would last for 24 hours in the capital Damascus and its suburb Eastern Ghouta and for 72 hours in rural areas around the **rthern city of Latakia.
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