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The Latest: Moscow denies bombing Syrian civilians, rebels

President Barack Obama, center, followed by Secretary of State John Kerry, left, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, arrives to speak to media after a meeting of his National Security Council (NSC) at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The meeting focused on the global campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL as well as Syria and other regional issues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama, center, followed by Secretary of State John Kerry, left, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, arrives to speak to media after a meeting of his National Security Council (NSC) at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The meeting focused on the global campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL as well as Syria and other regional issues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Associated Press 2 min read

BEIRUT (AP) – The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the provisional cease-fire proposed by the U.S. and Russia that is to go into effect at midnight (all times local):

12:40 p.m.

The Kremlin has denied allegations that Russia’s air force bombed civilian positions east of Damascus on the eve of the ceasefire.

During a call with journalists, President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied accusations made by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that Russia launched airstrikes over the rebel-held town of Douma on Thursday evening.

Peskov says this wasn’t “the first time this observation group has published unconfirmed information that isn’t backed up by facts.”