Russia's Defense Ministry says a cease-fire has been agreed on in another of the four planned safe zones in war-torn Syria.
The ministry's spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, says the truce should go into effect at noon on Thursday in the rebel-held area north of the city of Homs. Earlier, truces have already gone into effect in other areas of the four zones.
The truces are taking hold even as US-backed Syrian opposition forces are battling to rout Islamic State militants from their self-declared capital of Raqqa.