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Syrian Cease-Fire in Effect, Some Violence Reported
February 28, 2016 8:17 AM
The cease-fire in Syria that began Saturday has mostly held, but there have been some incidents of violence.
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A man inspects a shirt of his dead son, who died in an airstrike in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 27, 2016.
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A boy inspects a damaged house in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 27, 2016.
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Lt.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian Military General Staff, background center, speaks to the media in Moscow, Feb. 27, 2016. A top military official said Russia has halted airstrikes in areas where armed groups said they would abide by a cease-fire.
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Destroyed buildings are seen in the old city of Homs, Syria, Feb. 26, 2016. Some 1,200 rebels and civilians, many of them wounded and starving from a year-long siege, withdrew from the last remaining strongholds in the ancient heart of Homs.
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