Under pressure from Russia and the United States, the Syrian army agreed on Wednesday, May 4, to respect a two-day truce in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo. The Syrian climb-down came after Washington said the US and Russia had agreed to push the warring parties to extend their shaky ceasefire. “A truce will be in place in Aleppo for 48 hours from 1:00 am on Thursday (May 5) (2200 GMT Wednesday),” Syrian army command said, according to state media. The Russian defense ministry said its ceasefire monitors had agreed with their US counterparts to oversee this truce until midnight on May 6.
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