Syria says it needs more details on UN truce plan
The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to the UN envoy's call for local cease-fires to try to ease the worst fighting in the country's civil war but needs more details before it can make a final decision, a Syrian official said Monday.
The comments from Minister of National Reconciliation, Ali Haidar, come a week after United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura formally presented his idea to President Bashar Assad, who said it was "worth studying." The proposal envisions freezing fighting in certain areas to allow for humanitarian aid as part of a push toward a wider peace in the 3 1/2-year conflict, which has killed more than 200,000.
