http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/world/middleeast/hours-before-cease-fire-assad-vows-to-recover-every-area-in-syria.html 2016-09-12 18:07:27 Hours Before Cease-Fire, Assad Vows to ‘Recover Every Area’ in Syria President Bashar al-Assad made the pronouncement before a truce negotiated by the United States and Russia was set to take effect at sundown on Monday. === BEIRUT, Lebanon — The visit by President The An agreement on the cease-fire, which is scheduled to take effect at sundown on Monday, was reached late Friday by Russian and American diplomats meeting in Geneva, who have been struggling to find a way to reduce violence in the increasingly complex conflict so that food and medicine can reach civilians. The agreement contains many caveats and there are widespread doubts that it will work, especially among the array of Syrian opposition groups backed by the United States, who fear that Mr. Assad is now even more entrenched in power. Mr. Assad said nothing about the agreement in his appearance in Daraya reported by Syrian news media, which showed him praying at a mosque, walking past bombed buildings and driving his own silver sport utility vehicle. “The Syrian state is determined to recover every area from the terrorists,” Mr. Assad said, using his blanket terminology for supporters of the insurgency that began in March 2011. He said Syria’s armed forces would prevail “regardless of any internal or external circumstances.” There was no sign over the weekend that combatants in the conflict were putting down their weapons ahead of the cease-fire’s scheduled start. If anything, the Nearly 100 people were reported killed in attacks on rebel-held areas around the country on Saturday and Sunday, according to tallies by medical workers, rescuers and monitoring groups.