Syria's army has extended a nationwide truce for another three days, but continued Tuesday to press its campaign against rebels in the battered northern city of Aleppo. In a statement late Monday, the armed forces said it would "extend the freeze on fighting on all Syrian territory for 72 hours beginning at 00:01 on
July 12."
It was the second extension to the temporary truce, first announced last week to mark Eid al-Fitr, which is the end of the Islamic holy month of
Ramadan. But the ceasefire has produced little respite in fighting, with ongoing strikes by the regime and its Russian ally reported around Aleppo,
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
(AFP)