Western Powers Doubt Syria Will Meet Cease-Fire Deadline
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Western diplomats said they have little to no faith that Syria will abide by a United Nations cease-fire that is supposed to begin this morning. They also have no solutions to end the turmoil.
Syria said yesterday it would cease all military fighting by 6 a.m. Damascus time while reserving “the right to respond proportionately” to any opposition attacks. There can be no truce if troops and heavy artillery are kept in place, ready to pound the population at whatever the government judges to be a provocation, according to a UN Security Council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to comment publicly.