Syria's truce largely holding for second day

MOSCOW The Russian coordination center in Syria has registered nine violations of a cessation of hostilities in Syria in the past 24 hours, Russian news agencies quoted the head of the center as saying on Sunday.


The center's Sergei Kuralenko added, however, that the cessation of hostilities agreed as part of a U.S.-Russian plan was holding "in general".


He said the violations included shelling in the province of Latakia.


(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by David Goodman)




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