观察人员说，叙利亚中部霍姆斯省部分地区的停火星期四得到了执行，让老百姓有机会恢复正常生活。
总部设在英国的叙利亚人权了望台报告说，没有发生违反停火的的现象。当地记者说，霍姆斯市的蔬菜水果市场都重新开张，孩子们也在街头玩耍。
停火带来的平静也让人道救援工作者有机会将急需的援助物质送往当地。
反对派活动人士告诉美联社说，“让人们重新开始生活，这一点很重要。”
俄罗斯国防官员和叙利亚反叛武装代表上星期在开罗商定了霍姆斯北部地区的停火细节。
俄罗斯外交部发言人说，停火区域内住着14万7千多人。
俄罗斯、伊朗和土耳其在哈萨克斯坦谈判后同意在叙利亚暴力冲突最严重的一些地区建立“减战区”，谈判各方达成了四项停火协议，这是其中的第三项。
叙利亚南部部分地区和大马士革外围的停火已经生效。伊德利卜省的第四个停火区尚未建成。
与先前那些叙利亚停火协议一样，这四项协议并不适用于伊斯兰国或是跟基地组织有联系的武装分子。
A cease-fire in parts of Homs province in central Syria was held Thursday, observers say, giving civilians a chance to start putting their lives back together.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported no violations while reporters on the ground say fruit and vegetable markets reopened and children were back on the streets in the city of Homs.
The quiet will also give humanitarian workers the chance to bring in badly-needed aid.
"It's important that people can live again," an opposition activist told the Associated Press.
Russian defense officials and representatives of the Syrian rebels worked out the details of the cease-fire in northern Homs last week in Cairo.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the truce would affect an area that has a population of more than 147,000 people.
This is the third of four truces reached during negotiations in Kazakhstan when Russia, Iran, and Turkey agreed to establish what they called "de-escalation" zones in some of the most violent areas of Syria.
Cease-fires are also in effect in parts of southern Syria and an area outside Damascus. The fourth area in Idlib province has yet to be established.
Like other cease-fire deals during the Syrian conflict, this one does not cover Islamic State fighters or those from al-Qaida-linked groups.
