Feb. 27, 2018, 9:26 a.m.
Uneasy calm in Syria's Ghouta as Russian-backed truce begins
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel-held eastern Ghouta region was mostly calm as a five-hour ceasefire called by Russia took effect on Tuesday, a war monitor and witnesses said, pausing a government onslaught that has killed hundreds of people since Feb. 18.
