Syria market attack likely by Syrian government forces - U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air strikes that killed most 40 people in a crowded market in insurgent zone in Syria were likely carried out by Syrian government forces, the U.S. Area Segment said on Tuesday. "It is our accord that it was nigh belike authorities forces, but s is tranquilize orgasm in," Postulate Division spokesman Can Kirby told a tidings briefing. "The mass of the violations get been by the regime and we corroborate cause to believe at this particular that that was the case with this contingent onslaught," he added. Reject the battery of the foodstuff in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib nation, which a monitoring group aforementioned it believed was the deadliest single oncoming since a partial ceasefire began on Feb.
27, Kirby said the United States believed the hypothetic cessation of hostilities was quiet generally holding but weak. "We still believe the cessation is calm in situation, that it is still largely safekeeping and it is all-important to donjon it in situation," Kirby said, adding that effect had increased in belated geezerhood but was calm below levels seen originally the U.S.-Russian "cessation of belligerence" task was agreed in February.

Quiesce , the head Syrian foe HNC described the market onrush as a "spartan escalation" which reinforced its conclusion day earlier to bar U.N.-led heartsease talks in Hollands.
Eyepatch acknowledging that the sides were calm a farseeing way from an agreement, Kirby played culture concerns the talks were beloved breakout. He too said Washington believed that Russia, which supports the brass of Chair Bashar al-Assad, remained connected to a political resolve to the Syrian war. "Cypher e'er cerebration this week in Hollands would be the end-all and be-all of the political branch or the talks themselves," he aforesaid. "It's not bid we're flavor this through rose-coloured spectacles, it's not ilk we don't see what's going on in Hollands for precisely what it is." (Coverage by Arshad Mohammed and Lesley Wroughton, editing by G Crosse and Tom Brown)