NEWSWATCH: “Violence rages in Syria as Kerry and Lavrov reach provisional deal on ceasefire” – Reuters
… John Kerry said on Sunday he and … Sergei Lavrov … reached a provisional agreement on terms of a cessation of hostilities in Syria …. violence continued to rage …. Multiple bomb blasts in a southern district of Damascus … and twin car bombs … in Homs …. Russian air strikes launched in September against rebels fighting … al-Assad have exacerbated suffering and destruction in Syria, where a five-year-old civil war has killed more than a quarter of a million people.
Assad said … Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire on condition ‘terrorists’ did not use a lull in fighting to their advantage and that countries backing the insurgents stopped supporting them.
The Syrian opposition … earlier said it … agreed to the ‘possibility’ of a temporary truce, provided … guarantees Damascus’s allies, including Russia, would cease fire, sieges were lifted and aid deliveries were allowed ….