Killings shatter Syrian truce
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 150 people were killed on the first day of a cease-fire in Syria.
Saturday, 27.10.2012.
14:09
DAMASCUS The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 150 people were killed on the first day of a cease-fire in Syria. The truce went into effect Friday in observance of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Killings shatter Syrian truce The human rights observers said children were among the victims in a bomb blast near a playground and a mosque in Damascus. The observers also reported fighting between rebels and soldiers in several areas around the country, including a Damascus suburb and the Wadi al-Daif army base. Syrian army officials said soldiers were responding to cease-fire violations by the rebels, while opposition fighters accuse the army of breaking the truce. United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arranged the cease-fire so Syrians on all sides could celebrate Eid al-Adha, the holiday marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Syrian television showed President Bashar al-Assad mingling with worshippers at Friday prayers, while some ordinary Syrians said they were just trying to stay alive and were in no mood to celebrate. (Beta, file) VOA
Killings shatter Syrian truce
The human rights observers said children were among the victims in a bomb blast near a playground and a mosque in Damascus.The observers also reported fighting between rebels and soldiers in several areas around the country, including a Damascus suburb and the Wadi al-Daif army base.
Syrian army officials said soldiers were responding to cease-fire violations by the rebels, while opposition fighters accuse the army of breaking the truce.
United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arranged the cease-fire so Syrians on all sides could celebrate Eid al-Adha, the holiday marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Syrian television showed President Bashar al-Assad mingling with worshippers at Friday prayers, while some ordinary Syrians said they were just trying to stay alive and were in no mood to celebrate.
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