BEIRUT – A ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States is due to begin at sundown on Monday, after scores of civilians were killed in a bloody weekend of strikes. But even as world powers threw their support behind the deal, weekend strikes on the key opposition cities of Aleppo and Idlib killed at least 74. Assad, allies welcome truceState news agency SANA reported on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government "approved the agreement" for a truce. "Nobody among the Syrian population accepts this agreement... (the opposition) are all the same and none of them will commit to this truce," he said. Syrian newspaper Al-Watan said on Sunday the deal would pave the way for renewed peace talks in Geneva.

Source: Viet Nam News September 12, 2016 04:30 UTC