ISTANBUL
At least 116 people were killed in Syria in operations conducted by forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad despite an agreed ceasefire during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adh, according to Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Political advisor to Free Syrian Army, Bassam ed-Dade, told The Anadolu Agency that the attacks conducted by Assad forces risked the fragile truce, adding that Assad's army had stopped air strikes with war planes and helicopters but troops continued ground operations.
U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi brokered the 4-day truce during the Eid al-Adh holiday that Muslims is Syria began observing on Friday.
