NOBEL PEACE PRIZE UPDATE: Airstrikes Resume Amid Shaky Syria Truce

The Syrian regime and its Russian allies stepped up airstrikes on opposition-held territory Sunday on the second day of an internationally backed cease-fire after a lull in violence a day earlier, according to antigovernment activists.

The areas struck Sunday are largely controlled by rebels who have agreed to the partial cease-fire, the activists and residents said. Extremists who are excluded from the cease-fire are also active in some of the same areas.

Rebels backed by backed by Western and Arab states fear the airstrikes will be used to attack them under the guise of striking the extremists; the Syrian regime considers all antigovernment fighters terrorists. Rebels have said such continued attacks could torpedo an already shaky truce.

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