Riad Hijab, speaking to reporters in a teleconference, said the fighting, in addition to arrests made by the Syrian government, caused the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) to consider whether it should attend peace talks in Geneva later this week.
The truce between al-Assad's regime and non-jihadist rebels, brokered by Russian Federation and the United States, has defied expectations and led to the first significant decline in violence in Syria's[1] almost five-year civil war.
Staffan de Mistura was still planning for the talks to officially start Wednesday, but logistics and other issues have meant that delegations are likely to arrive in Geneva over several days, spokeswoman Jessy Chahine said.
World Food Programme spokesman Hussam al-Saleh told AFP that 22 trucks would distribute food, flour and medical supplies to the towns of Hammuriya, Jisreen, and Beit Sawa in Eastern Ghouta.
Since then, more than 250,000 people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to the UN.
After those consultations, he said, the committee would also decide whether it supports an extension of the truce past the two weeks initially approved by the opposition. Hijab called the attack "a massacre."The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bodies found in the wreckage were burned beyond recognition.
Riad Hijab said such incidents would inform the HNC's decision on whether to attend peace talks in Geneva.
Both that task force, and another one monitoring efforts to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria, are scheduled to meet in Geneva Wednesday, Chahine said.
On March 2, the ministry prepared a list of areas where it believed the aid was needed urgently and sent it to the United Nations.
Moscow, which has provided a daily account of ceasefire violations, said on Monday that the truce was still "in general" holding apart from unspecified "isolated provocations and shelling" .
It said Russian planes continue to carry out air strikes against ISIS and Al- Nusra in three provinces, including the main ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. Russian Federation has supported Assad with a military campaign involving blistering air power. It lies in the government-held part of Aleppo.
Also on Monday, activists said al-Nusra fighters had broken up a protest against President Assad by opposition supporters in the city of Idlib, threatening to open fire if they did not disperse. The main sticking point has been the fate of Mr Assad, who the opposition insists must step down for a transition to work.
At the start of a visit to the Middle East, US Vice-President Joe Biden conceded that finding a political solution would be hard but said there was no other choice.
A French diplomat said Tuesday that the Syrian opposition was still debating involvement in new talks, and will give its answer in the coming days.
"The formation of a next humanitarian convoy continued", the statement also said.
Developers Get Early Access to Android N[2]
Rumor has it that this time Google will ask users to name the new Android iteration in an online poll made closer to its release. We were expecting to see a Night Mode in Android 6.0 Marshmallow based on the developer previews, but it eventually got pulled.
References
- ^ Syria's (bsccomment.com)
- ^ Developers Get Early Access to Android N (bsccomment.com)
