London. This is cnn newsroom. After five long years of war, a chance at peace may finally be in sight for syria. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, announced a ceasefire deal on friday. Under the plan, a czessation of hostilities across place in Syria At Sundown on monday. Secretary kerry says it should end the barrel bombs and end to the indiscriminate bombing of civilian neighborhoods that has left scores of people dead. The agreement comes after months of fruitless efforts to reach a ceasefire between the Syrian Regime and moderate syrian rebels. Our Nic Robertson has details now from geneva. Reporter so key to the czyzration of hostilities working, secretary kerry said for the United States to put pressure on the opposition to keep good on their obligations and for russia for their part to keep assad good on his obligations. He said the United States assessment is thats what russia would do. This is how he put it tod
Potentially groundbreaking deal on u. S. And russian cooperation in syria. For the first time both sides will now be working together to try to end the conflict there, which could, if successful, as you heard the Secretary Of State there just a moment ago, could help battle isis in the country as well. The agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u. S. russian relations have been pretty frosty. Today the United States and russia are announcing a plan, which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume Movement Towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. Working together, russia and the United States, and our teams, have devised what we think is a more prescriptive and farreaching approach than we have been able to put together to date. This as donald trump tries to dial back his praise for russian president Vladimir Putin after being slammed for calling him a stronger leader than president obama. She talks about me. Oh, donald trump likes