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Syria rebels say attacks by army and Russian planes threaten truce - Reuters Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:08:25 GMT

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Syria rebels say attacks by army and Russian planes threaten truce
Reuters
The head of the Russian coordination center in Syria, Sergei Kuralenko, said the plan was holding "in general" but said there had been nine violations of the truce in the past 24 hours. Insurgents and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...
Airstrikes Resume Amid Shaky Syria TruceWall Street Journal
A Truce in SyriaThe New Yorker
Syria's cease-fire frays as Russia resumes airstrikesWashington Post
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Airstrikes reported on day 2 of Syria "truce" - CBS News Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:39:00 GMT

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Airstrikes reported on day 2 of Syria "truce"
CBS News
Sunday's air raids came on the second day of a cease-fire brokered by Russia and the U.S., the most ambitious effort yet to curb the violence of Syria's five-year civil war. The truce has been holding since it went into effect at midnight Friday ...
On 2nd day of Syria cease-fire, rights group reports airstrikesChicago Tribune

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Syria Government Forces Violate Truce, Opposition Says - Newsweek Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:59:53 GMT

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Syria Government Forces Violate Truce, Opposition Says
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's opposition will stick to the cessation of hostilities despite what they said were 15 violations by Syrian government forces on Saturday and more breaches on Sunday, a spokesman for the High Negotiating Committee (HNC) said.

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Fragile ceasefire in Syria breached, Russia says - PBS NewsHour Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:19:40 GMT

Fragile ceasefire in Syria breached, Russia says
PBS NewsHour
On the second day of the ceasefire ind Syria brokered by the U.S. and Russia, opposition groups claimed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad violated the truce. Washington Post reporter Liz Sly joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Turkey to discuss.

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Netanyahu Welcomes Cease-Fire in Syria, but Adds a Warning - New York Times Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:30:42 GMT

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Netanyahu Welcomes Cease-Fire in Syria, but Adds a Warning
New York Times
“But it must be clear at the same time that any agreement in Syria must include a halt to Iran's aggression toward Israel from Syrian territory,” he added. “We will not agree to the supply of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah from Syria and Lebanon. We ...
As ceasefire mostly holds in Syria, Netanyahu says Israel won't tolerate terror front on GolanJerusalem Post Israel News
Iran said withdrawing all its fighting forces from SyriaThe Times of Israel
Israel hails Syria truce, warns against Iran 'aggression'Yahoo News
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Syrian ceasefire: Getting aid to desperate civilians - Aljazeera.com Sun, 28 Feb 2016 06:04:00 GMT

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Syrian ceasefire: Getting aid to desperate civilians
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With a precarious ceasefire holding in Syria for a second day, aid organisations geared up on Sunday to get desperately needed food and medicine to besieged residents. An estimated 480,000 Syrians are trapped in the country and the United Nations said ...
Syrian war: UN to expand aid amid partial truceBBC News
Syria enjoys relative peace of ceasefireFinancial Times
Syria's truce and the race for Syria's war – Decoding political talks in the LevantRT

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Turkey to keep supporting armed groups fighting Assad regime in Syria – PM Davutoglu - RT Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:02:03 GMT

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Turkey to keep supporting armed groups fighting Assad regime in Syria – PM Davutoglu
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Some unexpected statements emerged in Al-Jazeera's interview with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who acknowledged that Ankara was supporting armed groups in Syria, while ruling out a Turkish invasion and accusing Russia of ethnic cleansing.

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Syria's death toll has hit unfathomable highs - The Week Magazine Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:36:42 GMT

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Syria's death toll has hit unfathomable highs
The Week Magazine
The death toll resulting from Syria's conflict has hit unfathomable highs. A stunning 470,000 people have died in the country's war, according to a new report. That figure is twice as high as an earlier estimate by the U.N., which put the death toll at ...

Guns mostly fall silent on first day of Syrian ceasefire - The Guardian Sun, 28 Feb 2016 02:22:00 GMT

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Guns mostly fall silent on first day of Syrian ceasefire
The Guardian
“Let's pray that this works because frankly this is the best opportunity we can imagine the Syrian people has had for the last five years in order to see something better and hopefully something related to peace,” UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said ...

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Some Take Massive Risks To Save Syria's Cultural Heritage - NPR Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:48:00 GMT

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Some Take Massive Risks To Save Syria's Cultural Heritage
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More than 250,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced as a result of the conflict in Syria. But the destruction also extends beyond human lives. Significant parts of that country's heritage are now lost. Architecture, art and ...

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