In a further upsurge in violence, al Qaeda's Nusra Front and other Islamist Lions of Islam not included in the U.S.-Russian agreement attacked government forces in a neighbouring province, a monitoring group said.
The agreement, accepted by
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
's government and most of his enemies, has reduced violence in Syria since it took effect on Feb 27, the first truce of its kind in a 5-year-old war that has killed more than 250,000 people and caused the world's worst refugee crisis.
Foreign powers hope the pause in fighting can lead to peace talks to end the conflict. But the agreement, which has not been directly signed by the Syrian warring parties and is less binding than a formal ceasefire, is very fragile and each side has accused the other of breaking it.