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US, Russia fail to reach deal on Syria truce
The United States and Russian Federation on Friday renewed efforts to secure a military and humanitarian cooperation agreement for war-torn Syria after months of hesitation, missed deadlines and failed attempts to forge a truce.
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Russia, the main ally of the government of Bashar al-Assad, has already accepted the U.N. plan saying it is ready to ensure compliance, while the United States and other states are working to get other parties to commit, de Mistura said.
Kerry said that Syrians benefited from the calm following the February accord, but that the gains were lost again when violations of the agreement began.
Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart in Geneva Friday in a renewed bid to coordinate the fight against Islamic extremist groups in Syria.
“We still need to finalise minor issues, that is why our experts will continue in Geneva next week”, he said.
Kerry said the United States is seeking to enlist neighboring countries that have influence in Syria to help separate rebel forces from the Nusra group, which recently renamed itself Fateh al-Sham Front and renounced its affiliation with Al-Qaeda.
President Assad’s future is not part of the current talks. Lavrov considered necessary to make a difference between the opposition that opted for the truce and that which is fighting with the terrorist movement Islamic State (IS) and other similar groups.
The U.S. and Russian Federation stressed that Friday’s talks were not meant to address the political issue, but to ease regular Syrians’ suffering and bring a halt to the fighting and create room for broader negotiations later on. Under that overture, first revealed by the Washington Post last month, Russian Federation would use its influence to persuade Assad to ground his air force and uphold a ceasefire. While Russia is providing military support to the government of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, the U.S. is supporting rebel groups seeking to bring Assad down. But equally high on the Turkish agenda was preventing USA -supported Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State from occupying Jarabulus and the surrounding border area.
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Kerry insisted that the USA “don’t want to have a deal for the sake of the deal”, and only wants something that leads to a political solution in Syria. Recent developments include military operations around the city of Aleppo, the entry of Turkey into the ground war, Turkish hostility toward US -backed Kurdish rebel groups and the presence of American military advisers in widening conflict zones. There should be “no (military) escalation in areas adjacent or around the area of the pause”.