Confusion reigned Monday over Syria's new cease-fire as Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States and Russia could permit President Bashar Assad's government to launch new airstrikes against Al Qaeda-linked militants. Under the truce that went into effect at sundown Monday, Assad's forces are no longer supposed to bomb Syria's opposition, Kerry said. "Assad is not supposed to be bombing the opposition, because there is a cease-fire," Kerry told journalists at the State Department. Kerry implored all of Syria's warring sides to adhere to the cease-fire. The new cease-fire is supposed to end such ambiguities, and Washington has been urging rebel groups to break ranks with extremists.

Source: Fox News September 12, 2016 19:56 UTC