Syria's opposition accept ceasefire for two weeks

Syria's main opposition bloc says it will support a temporary two-week truce to test the other side's commitment to a US-Russian plan to end the fighting.

Early this week, the US and Russia agreed on a "cessation of hostilities" between the Syrian government and groups fighting it in a deal that excludes the Islamic State of Iraq and the al-Nusra Front.

The agreement called on all sides to sign up to the deal by midday tomorrow and to stop fighting by midnight.


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