Syrian rebels tell Annan team they would honor truce

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) met a delegation from peace envoy Kofi Annan this week and confirmed that their fighters will stop shooting if President Bashar Assad withdraws his tanks and troops to barracks before a ceasefire deadline next Thursday.

Colonel Riad al-Asaad, the head of the FSA, told Reuters that representatives of Annan met leaders of the FSA and discussed Annan's plan for a troop withdrawal by April 10 and a ceasefire by April 12. (Reuters)