Will current truce pave way for permanent cease-fire in Syria? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mona Alami

Mona Alami

Feb 29, 2016

Syrian Army forces look on as buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria December 9, 2015. Scores of people left the last area held by insurgents in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday under a local truce between the government and rebels, a monitoring group said, a rare agreement in Syria's nearly five-year conflict. Three buses carrying people had left the previously besieged district of Waer, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. About 750 peopl — Syrian army forces look on as buses leave the district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria, Dec. 9, 2015. — REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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