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Syrian Cease-Fire Continues to Hold

The Syrian cease-fire has brought relative calm to much of the country for the first time in years. The U.S.-and-Russia-brokered truce that began Saturday was not without some incidents of violence, but the U.N. envoy for Syria says the first day of the cease-fire was "quite reassuring." Staffan de Mistura said some episodes of violence were expected after five years of conflict. He added, however, that "the first night and first day certainly gave the impression...

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