Syrian capital, its suburbs calm after UN cease-fire vote

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday no deaths have been reported since the resolution passed.

February 25, 2018 01:38 pm | Updated 01:40 pm IST - BEIRUT:

 This photo released on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian citizens at a street market in Damascus, Syria.

This photo released on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian citizens at a street market in Damascus, Syria.

Syrian opposition activists and residents of Damascus say the city and its embattled eastern suburbs are relatively calm following the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous approval of a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria.

The activists reported few violations, including some clashes, on the southern edge of the rebel-held suburbs, known as eastern Ghouta, and two airstrikes late on Saturday, shortly after the resolution was adopted.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday no deaths have been reported since the resolution passed.

Ghouta-based opposition activist Anas al-Dimashqi says the night was calm but warplanes and drones are still flying over rebel-held areas.

Damascus residents say there’s more traffic in the streets, compared with previous days.

The resolution calls on all parties to immediately lift sieges of populated areas.

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