MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday called for a 48-hour extension of the Syria truce it brokered with the United States last week.

Moscow "calls for the extension of the cessation of hostilities on all Syrian territory for 48 hours," senior Russian military officer Viktor Poznikhir said in a briefing broadcast on state television.

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