US, Russia Call for Truce as Violence Continues in Aleppo

As fierce fighting continued in Aleppo and a sense of urgency about deteriorating conditions in the Syrian city heightened, U.S. officials said high-level diplomatic talks between Washington and Moscow produced a tentative agreement Friday to try to restore the shattered cease-fire in Syria. About 230 civilians are believed to have been killed during the last week in Aleppo, which was Syria's most populous city before civil war broke out five years ago. The Syrian military said it...

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