The cease-fire in Syria that began Saturday has mostly held, but there have been some incidents of violence.
Syrian Cease-Fire in Effect, Some Violence Reported
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8c98fe23-c42c-4504-b25f-3c9f343f9672_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![A boy inspects a damaged house in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 27, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c0f44727-c475-4979-8668-df497245b977_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c5bb4f3e-266f-46f8-b556-2501a925b2d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc9937dc-42cd-44e4-a95f-68ce625accdb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.