US Secretary of State John Kerry had earlier called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and condemned “repeated and unacceptable delays of humanitarian aid”, State Department spokesman John Kirby said. He says the US has failed to take measures to ensure the opposition’s compliance with the agreement.
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Konashenkov says the Syrian government forces are “the only party which is willing to hold talks, comply with the cease-fire and pull back the troops in order to allow United Nations humanitarian aid convoys”.
Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov accused the United States of “playing the role of a passive observer” and failing to exert its influence on the opposition fighters.
Russian Federation on Friday complained that only its ally, the Assad regime, is respecting the ceasefire, but nevertheless suggested that it be prolonged by a further 72 hours.
Outside the scope of the truce, the United States is leading an global bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) group fighters who control territory in both Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Later in the day, Lavrov told Kerry in a phone call that the entire package of the US-Russia agreements on Syria should be made public.
But on Friday, the trucks were still waiting at the border with Turkey, said David Swanson, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The Pentagon said on Friday that the coalition had killed a senior IS group leader, Wa’il Salman al-Fayad, in an air strike near the group’s de facto Syrian capital, Raqqa.
Russian Federation said on Friday that U.N. Security Council endorsement of the ceasefire, which Moscow hoped would occur next week during an annual U.N. meeting of world leaders, appeared unlikely because the United States did not want to share documents detailing the agreement with the 15-member body.
United Nations officials say they are awaiting word from Russian Federation and Syrian combatants on both sides that security and monitoring are in place to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid into rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo.
One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said initial reports appeared to confirm the incident involving a small group of U.S. forces. The Americans were forced to leave the area after Turkish-backed rebels protested against their presence, the source said. It reported the two sides were shelling each other after what it said was an attempt by the army to advance.
Syrian state news agency SANA said insurgents shelled government-held areas in Qaboun, wounding three people.
SANA says the shelling violates the cease-fire brokered by the US and Russian Federation that went into effect Monday. Syrian government forces would pull back from the battle-lines as soon as the rebels did, he said.
In the Jouba district of Damascus, clashes continued on Saturday after a large explosion and fighting on Friday, the Observatory said.
All three were in rebel-held areas: two were children, and two killed by government sniper fire, the group said.
Members of the UN Security Council have said they need more details about the deal before deciding whether to endorse it.
Al-Zoghbi said the Syrian opposition “might be trying to use the ceasefire to provide the needed environment for delivering aid to besieged areas”.
United Nations aid trucks carrying food for besieged civilians in Aleppo remained stuck at the Syrian border Friday, as diplomatic tensions mounted between Washington and Moscow over a fragile ceasefire deal. No aid has entered since the cease-fire agreement was reached.
The Syrian Civil Defense group in Homs says government artillery caused the deaths in Talbiseh.
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Aleppo-based activist Bahaa al-Halaby denies that government troops withdrew from Castello road. The Pentagon said it had no indication of a withdrawal.
