Syrian military declares 72-hour truce across country, but fighting continues
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BEIRUT - The Syrian military has declared a 72-hour "regime of calm" covering all of Syria from 1am on Wednesday (10pm GMT Tuesday), a military source told Reuters, although fighting and air attacks have been reported since then.
The military high command said in a statement that "a regime of calm will be implemented across all territory of the Syrian Arab Republic for a period of 72 hours from 1am on July 6 until midnight on July 8, 2016".
The Syrian government uses the term "regime of calm" to denote a temporary ceasefire.
The truce covers the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrated by Muslims to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. There was no indication that it had been agreed with any of the myriad groups opposing the government.
