
A ceasefire has been declared in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, a militant bastion near Damascus, to run from midnight last Sunday to March 20, Russia’s defense ministry said. “A ‘regime of silence’ has been introduced from 00:01 on March 6 to 23:59 on March 20 (Damascus time) in the area of ...

The number of settlements that have joined the cessation of hostilities in war-torn Syria has increased to 1,291, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “Within the last 24 hours, truce agreements have been reached with representatives of eight settlements in Daraa [1], Hama [3], Homs [3], and Quneitra [1] provinces, ...