Syrian government and rebels sign cease-fire deal, says Russia - LA Times
VIDEO (English subs): Putin: Syria ceasefire agreement reached, readiness to start peace talks - YouTube
TRANSCRIPT: Shoigu and Lavrov brief Putin on agreements between the Syrian government and the opposition on a ceasefire and peace talks - Kremlin
Russia to cut military presence in Syria: Putin - TASS
Syria ceasefire deal — the draft text - TRT World
List of armed formations, which joined the ceasefire in the Syrian Arab Republic on December 30, 2016 - Russia Ministry of Defence
POLL: Putin’s approval rating hits 2016 record-high of nearly 87 percent - TASS
Lavrov hopes Trump administration will join efforts on Syria peace talks - TASS
Lavrov says Egypt could join Syria talks in Astana, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Iraq could join them at subsequent stages - TASS
Two parallel talks on Syria settlement might be held in Astana - Sputnik
Press release regarding the announcement of country-wide ceasefire between the warring parties in Syria - Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assad believes agreements on Syria lay grounds for stabilization 'for first time ever’ - TASS
Syrian foreign minister sees 'real chance' for political settlement - Reuters
Press Release: Syrian Coalition calls for full implementation of the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement - etilaf.org
FSA says Syria ceasefire agreed, reveals details - orient-news.net
Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham says has 'reservations' about Syria agreement, and was not among the groups that had signed it - Reuters
"Nor did Nour al-Din Zinki sign the agreement” - Sami on Twitter
Turkey says Lebanon's Hezbollah should leave Syria - The Times of Israel
"Hezbollah says fighters from the party will remain in #Syria indefinitely, despite Turkey's demands that the group withdraw” - Zeina Khodr on Twitter
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US State Dept 'welcomes' Syria cease-fire, sees it as 'a positive development' - Washington Examiner
Graham fears Syria truce a ‘capitulation’ to Russia, Iran - TheHill
"#Putin declares ceasefire in #Syria to make way for talks. Make a desert, call it peace - John McCain on Twitter
US supplies weapons to YPG terrorists in Syria, period, Turkey FM says - Daily Sabah
Erdogan to US: 'We are your NATO ally. How on earth can you support terrorist organizations and not us?' - aa.com
The truth regarding misinformation in Turkish media concerning United States and Coalition operations against ISIL in Syria - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey
ISIS 'war committee' member killed in coalition airstrike, US official tweets that Kurdish-Arab SDF have so far cleared 1,900 square kilometres in their campaign to isolate Raqqa - Rudaw
Kurdish PYD says not invited to join Syrian ceasefire deal - Sputnik
Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system - Reuters
Syrian Kurdistan drops Rojava (Western Kurdistan) word in its draft constitution - Rudaw
Kurds and Damascus meet over the status of the Kurdish-administrated entities in the north of the country - Rudaw
Syrian Democratic Front (not to be confused with the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces) unites internal opposition groups - Sputnik
"Of 111,000 displaced fr east Aleppo, 74,951 or 2/3 went to Gov-controlled areas, & 36,086 to reb areas” - Joshua Landis on Twitter
MAP: "As a ceasefire is announced, @ReutersGraphics maps estimated Syrian civil war fatalities - Reuters Top News on Twitter
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