Partial Syrian Cease-Fire For The Southwest Of The Country Largely Holding As UN Convenes New Peace Talks

DW: Syrian ceasefire holds as UN peace talks set to start in Geneva

A partial ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia appears to have held in south-western Syria. Government and opposition delegations are set to hold a seventh round of UN-sponsored talks in Geneva.

Combat was halted in the three southern provinces covered by the truce - Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida - after the ceasefire started at noon local time, a monitor told the French news agency AFP.

"The main fronts in the three provinces between regime forces and opposition factions have seen a cessation of hostilities and shelling since this morning, with the exception of a few scattered shells fired on Daraa city before noon," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said on Sunday night.

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