John Kerry: Syrian Leaders Agree to a Ceasefire

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says diplomats meeting in Munich have agreed to work with Syrian parties to implement a “nationwide cessation of hostilities.”
John Kerry: Syrian Leaders Agree to a Ceasefire
Secretary of State John Kerry at a news conference after a United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria at the United Nations in New York on Dec. 18, 2015. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
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BEIRUT—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says diplomats meeting in Munich have agreed to work with Syrian parties to implement a “nationwide cessation of hostilities.”

Kerry said early Friday that the target is to implement the cease-fire in a week’s time. He said that would not apply to the Islamic State group and the extremist al-Nusra Front.