Syria opposition meets in Riyadh to discuss truce

A Saudi-backed opposition group in Syria has held a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to discuss a ceasefire plan for the conflict-hit Arab country.

According to the reports, Monzer Makhous, the spokesman for the so-called opposition group known as the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said that the group held a meeting on Monday.

He added that the meeting is anticipated to continue until Thursday and the participants planned to discuss developments since the UN-brokered talks over Syria's crisis halted earlier this month.

This came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry said following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Jordanian capital, Amman, that both sides struck a provisional deal on terms of cessation of hostilities in Syria.

Russia will speak to the Syrian government and Iran, and the US will speak to the Syrian opposition and its partners, Kerry said.

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