Russia's defense ministry said a 'regime of calm' truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of Latakia province had been extended 'for 72 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Saturday' (2200 GMT on Friday), Syrian state news agency SANA reported. A fragile local truce had been in place for Aleppo city since early on Wednesday. In northern Latakia province, it first took effect on April 29, after a wider truce deal in western Syria brokered by Washington and Moscow broke down.
