Ceasefire In Syria?

Syria Undecided On Ceasefire Proposal, Rebels Divided -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Syria said on Wednesday its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels - contradicting international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi's announcement that Damascus had agreed to a truce.

The statement threw Brahimi's efforts to arrange a pause in the bloodshed in Syria into even more confusion, as divided rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad gave mixed messages.

The prominent Farooq Brigade, which operates out of the battered city of Homs, said it would cease fire. The Islamist militant Al Nusra Front rejected the truce, saying it is not a group "who accepts to play such dirty games."

A previous ceasefire arrangement in April collapsed within days, with both sides accusing the other of breaking it.

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More News On The Possibility Of A Ceasefire In Syria

Next hours critical as Syrians talk cease-fire -- CNN
Syrians Agree to Cease Fire During Eid Holiday, Brahimi Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
UN envoy says Syria truce agreed on for holiday -- FOX News/AP
Syrian regime, rebels agree to cease-fire for holiday, envoy says -- L.A. Times
Syria agrees to cease-fire during Eid holiday, says mediator -- NBC
UN envoy: Syria's government agrees to cease-fire during Eid holiday -- CNN
Assad accepts Syria holiday truce, peace envoy tells U.N. -- Reuters
Syria and most rebels agree to truce, says envoy -- AFP
Envoy Announces Tentative Cease-Fire in Syria, but Doubts Remain -- New York Times
Syrian government 'agrees to Eid al-Adha ceasefire -- BBC
International Envoy to Syria Announces Eid Truce -- Voice of America
Brahimi's plan for Syria cease-fire takes two steps forward, one step back -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: It appears that UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is jumping the gun on this one. Too bad .... if there is country that needs peace right now, it is Syria.