BEIRUT — Syria’s military declared a week-long ceasefire over on Monday and vowed to continue fighting, even as officials from the United States and Russia met behind closed doors in Geneva to try to extend it.
What is likely to be the final attempt by the US administration of President Barack Obama to find a negotiated solution to the five-year-old civil war appeared close to collapse.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said it was too early to call the ceasefire finished, and the United Nations said that only Washington and Moscow could declare it over, as they were the ones who …read more
Source: Jordan Times
