In Syria, the government military has confirmed a 48-hour cease-fire has taken effect in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo after U.S. officials announced an agreement had been reached with Russia.

“The General command of the Syrian Army declared a period of calm in Aleppo for 48 hours starting from 10 o’clock in the morning on Thursday,” said the news reporter.

The announcement was slightly different than the one that came from U.S. officials, who said that the United States and Russia have persuaded Syria’s government and moderate rebels to extend a fragile truce to Aleppo.

They said the agreement was reached late Tuesday and took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Syria’s northern city of Aleppo was once Syria’s largest city and commercial center.

The first cessation of hostilities in Syria’s five-year civil war, which took hold in February with U.S. and Russian sponsorship, has virtually collapsed in recent weeks, with the city of Aleppo bearing the brunt of the renewed violence.