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Syrian military confirms 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo
On Wednesday, Russia blamed the United States and an upsurge in violence by Nusra Front militants for a failure to extend a ceasefire plan to Aleppo the previous day.
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“We look to Russian Federation…to press for the regime’s compliance with this effort and the United States will do its part with respect to the opposition”.
The U.S. has asked Syria’s Assad regime and its global backers, including Russian Federation and Iran, to stick to the agreed transition timeline of August 1 and warned that they risk facing consequences of a different American approach if they do not comply.
While the UN Security Council meets in New York, Germany is hosting a meeting with France’s top diplomat, the UN’s envoy for Syria, and Syria’s main opposition leader.
On Tuesday, a hospital in the city was attacked by a rocket, killing at least three people and injuring more than a dozen, state-run Sana news agency said, adding that women and children were among the casualties.
Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan, reporting from Washington DC, said that the announcement was delayed because “officials wanted to see how long it would take for the ceasefire to come into effect”. He said it would be an “important basis” for resuming peace talks in Geneva.
The group said rebels advanced into regime-controlled districts in western Aleppo on Tuesday but were repelled by government forces by Wednesday morning.
It also denounced the Islamic State group and “all terrorist groups” which are committing crimes against civilians in Aleppo and other Syrian cities.
The countries are all key backers of the Syrian opposition, and French government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said the Monday meeting would focus on efforts to move deadlocked peace talks forward.
Nevertheless, Washington said that “there have been reports of continued fighting in some locations”.
“The line they are trying to draw now would prohibit any kind of incursion of Aleppo, it will not allow Aleppo to fall”, Kerry said.
United Nations aid chief Stephen O Brien said “life for people in Aleppo is horrendous” as he condemned the “inexcusable, deeply disturbing attacks” on medical facilities.
The Syrian government had excluded Aleppo from a temporary ceasefire that started Saturday in the capital Damascus, nearby Eastern Ghouta and the coastal area of Latakia.
A cease-fire in the province had been reached in February, but violence has slowly ratcheted back up as bombing by the Syrian government in residential areas has intensified and a hospital was attacked in the last week alone.
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Syria’s conflict erupted in 2011 after the repression of anti-government protests and has since morphed into a complex, multi-faceted war. There is only a political solution, which means a negotiation.