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Air Strikes Stop in Syria's Idlib After Truce Announced

Agence France-Presse

   ARIHA, SYRIA - Air strikes on Syria's northwestern Idlib region stopped
   on Friday after the government announced it had agreed a truce
   following more than three months of deadly bombardment of the
   jihadist-held region.

   But the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor also reported
   tit-for-tat artillery attacks by regime and opposition forces in the
   northwestern region that killed one civilian.

   Most of Idlib province and parts of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia are
   controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's
   former Al-Qaeda affiliate.

   The region is supposed to be protected from a massive government
   offensive by a Turkish-Russian deal struck in September in the Russian
   resort of Sochi.

   But the deal has faltered and Syrian forces, along with Russia, have
   stepped up their bombardment there since the end of April.
   

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