Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, said that the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the Eid al-Adha holiday.
He also said that some Syrian opposition groups he'd been in contact with had also agreed to a armistice in principle, a Reuters report revealed.
"After the visit I made to Damascus, there is agreement from the Syrian government for a ceasefire during the Eid," Brahimi was quoted as saying during a news conference at the Cairo-based League.
Although he did not give a precise time period for the ceasefire, he said the Syrian authorities will announce its agreement on Wednesday or Thursday.
"Other factions in Syria that we were able to contact, heads of fighting groups, most of them also agree on the principle of the ceasefire," Brahimi told reporters.
The Syrian government decided to agree to the peace initiative after the Algerian diplomat held a series of talks with Arab League's Secretary General, Nabil al-Arabi.
"If this modest agreement is successful we hope to build on it, so that we can talk a longer and more solid ceasefire. This ceasefire should be part of the political operation," Brahimi said.
The Syrian government, under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, has been fighting an insurgency that began roughly 19 months ago following the Arab Spring in the Middle East. The protests escalated into a civil war situation in which nearly 30,000 people have already been killed.
