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.

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