Life inside Syria as fragile ceasefire holds - in pictures

Syrian boys are seen inside their destroyed house in the neighbourhood of Baba Amr in Homs, Syria. A successful truce will create a more favourable backdrop for peace talks that collapsed in acrimony in early February as a Russia-backed regime offensive in northern Syria caused tens of thousands to flee. Hassan Ammar / AP

Syrian rebel fighters from the Failaq al-Rahman brigade, take a break as they hide inside a building on the frontline against regime forces in the rebel-controlled village of Bala, in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP

Syrian men walk through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria. Hassan Ammar / AP

A man walks near damage in Kafr Hamra village, northern Aleppo countryside. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters

Residents walk out of a damaged building in Kafr Hamra village, in the northern Aleppo countryside. Aid groups hope to use the lull in fighting that has claimed 270,000 lives and displaced more than half the population to deliver desperately needed supplies. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters

Destroyed buildings in the old city of Homs, Syria. Some 1,200 rebels and civilians, many of them wounded and starving from a yearlong siege, withdrew from the last remaining strongholds in the ancient heart of Homs in May 2014, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city once dubbed the “capital of the revolution.” Hassan Ammar / AP

A car drives through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria. Major players in Syria’s war traded accusations over violations of the first major ceasefire in the five-year conflict, but the truce remained largely intact. Hassan Ammar / AP

Aid groups hope to use the lull in fighting that has claimed 270,000 lives and displaced more than half the population to deliver desperately needed supplies. Hassan Ammar / AP

The main players in Syria’s war traded accusations on Sunday over violations of the first nationwide ceasefire in the five-year conflict, but the truce remained largely intact. A successful truce could also pave the way for a resumption of peace talks that collapsed in early February as a Russia-backed regime offensive in northern Syria caused tens of thousands to flee.