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Fragile truce in Syria, but no troop withdrawal
April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
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of anonymity because Annan's briefing was behind closed doors.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also said the onus was on Assad's regime to keep the peace.
"As of this moment, the situation looks calmer," he told reporters in Geneva. But the cease-fire is "very fragile" and a single gunshot could derail the process, he added.
In the hours after the 6 a.m. deadline, at least four civilians were reported killed — three by sniper fire — and the state-run news agency said "terrorist groups" launched a roadside bomb that killed a soldier. But there was no sign of the heavy shelling,
of anonymity because Annan's briefing was behind closed doors.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also said the onus was on Assad's regime to keep the peace.
"As of this moment, the situation looks calmer," he told reporters in Geneva. But the cease-fire is "very fragile" and a single gunshot could derail the process, he added.
In the hours after the 6 a.m. deadline, at least four civilians were reported killed — three by sniper fire — and the state-run news agency said "terrorist groups" launched a roadside bomb that killed a soldier. But there was no sign of the heavy shelling,
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