Syria said its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels – contradicting international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi's earlier announcement that Damascus had agreed to a truce.
Syria said its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels – contradicting international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi's earlier announcement that Damascus had agreed to a truce.
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Oliver Holmes and Shaimaa Fayed beirut/cairo
Yesterday's statement threw Mr Brahimi's efforts to arrange a pause in the bloodshed in Syria into even more confusion, as rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al Assad have given no indication they would be willing to sign up to it.
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