Syrian foes hold fire at start of Eid truce

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's warring parties held their fire on Friday morning at the start of a four-day truce marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a short pause in hostilities which have killed 32,000 people and threaten to draw regional powers into a wider conflict. President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces announced a conditional ceasefire on Thursday evening, responding to an appeal by international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi. ...




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