Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called for parliamentary elections to be held on April 13.
The announcement was made via an official statement released by Syria’s presidential office on Monday and came directly after the US and Russia announced a ceasefire in the war-torn Arab country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the conditions for the truce, which is set to take place on February 27 midnight Damascus time, on a Russian television broadcast.
"All warring sides in Syria must confirm, to us or to our US partners, their commitment to the ceasefire before noon on February 26," he said.
Putin went on to note that his country and the US would jointly map out the locations where the warring sides were active.