(Washington Post) Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung - A U.S.- and Russian-backed cease-fire agreement that went into effect Monday was almost immediately violated. Residents in the besieged rebel portion of Aleppo said that Syrian government helicopters had dropped barrel bombs on one neighborhood and that loyalist forces were shelling a route intended to be used for the delivery of humanitarian aid. There were reports of airstrikes and artillery shelling in other parts of the country as well.
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