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While world leaders meet in Germany for a security conference, fighting shows no signs of letting up in Syria. Nathan Frandino reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta were responsible for ensuring that a "humanitarian pause" in the area delivers relief for devastated civilians. SOUNDBITE
Russia says there is no agreement at the UN Security Council on a 30-day ceasefire for Syria and presents amendments to a draft resolution that would allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians from besieged Eastern Ghouta. IMAGES of Security Council meeting
Fighting mostly stopped across western and northern Syria on Saturday and Russia halted its air raids, under a cessation of hostilities which the United Nations called the best hope for peace since civil war began five years ago. Nathan Frandino reports.
On February 22, Russia and the United States have announced a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria that will come into effect at midnight on February 27 to end the five-year-old civil war in Syria, Reuters reported.