Syrian opposition groups request protection from Russia as Daesh launches manhunt for ceasefire participants.

An analyst says France is heavily involved in the Syrian conflict through, among other things, the arming of the militants fighting Damascus.

The Russian president says Syria’s decision to hold parliamentary elections does not interfere with the peace process in the country.

Marcus Papadopoulos says the ceasefire in Syria will not hold in the long-term because the West and its regional allies still support the terrorists.

A Syrian Kurdish group says militants in Syria’s northern Aleppo Province have not been observing an agreement on a cessation of hostilities.

An investigative journalist says Turkey and Saudi Arabia are determined to keep the conflict in Syria to continue.

Russian officials overseeing the ongoing truce in Syria accuse Turkey of seeking to torpedo the peace process in the war-torn country. The head of the Russian Ceasefire Coordination Center in Syria also said both government forces and the opposition are living up by terms of the ceasefire. Sergey Kuralenko noted that Russian military personnel are observing the implementation of the truce across Syrian territory. Under a Russia-US brokered deal, Syria’s warring factions have agreed on cessation of hostilities in the country.

A coalition of mostly Kurdish and Syrian forces launch a surprise attack on Takfiri positions in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo.

The UN says aid convoys to Syria are being delayed due to logistical issues.

Four foreign journalists are injured along the Syria-Turkey border as a result of artillery fire.