Opposition Reports Attacks As Truce Deadline Is Reached

Syrian activists say government attacks have continued even as Tuesday's deadline for a U.N.-brokered truce has been reached, reported the Voice of America News.

The government said on Tuesday it was withdrawing forces from urban areas as mandated by the agreement.

However, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, government forces shelled the central city of Hama and the northwestern town of Mareh. Parts of Homs also reportedly came under mortar...