Civilians will be protected from airstrikes, desperate communities will receive all the food and medicine they need, Russian Federation and the United States will work together to vanquish terrorists and new negotiations will begin to secure an eventual end to the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime.
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Warplanes struck a busy market in the northern city of Idlib, killing at least 36 people, according to activists and the human rights monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, walk in to their meeting room in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, to discuss the crisis in Syria.
At the same time, the representative criticized the agreement for omitting alleged Iranian, Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite fighters present in Syria and fighting on the side of government forces.
SOHR said the death toll could rise, as numerous people were also wounded in the bombings, some critically.
Contrasting casualty figures are common in the aftermath of large attacks in Syria.
The ceasefire will be followed by an unlikely new military partnership between the rival governments, targeting Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
The US-Russia ceasefire deal for Syria, scheduled to begin on Monday evening, looks to be on fairly steady footing, with the Syrian government quick to endorse it, along with at least some of the rebel factions.
Russian Federation is a main backer of Assad’s government while the US has been supporting rebel groups trying to remove him from power.
It also does not explain why the group identified as the chief target of the proposed US and Russian military cooperation would comply with a cease-fire meant to bring about its destruction.
If the truce holds from Monday, Russia and the United States will begin seven days of preparatory work to set up a “joint implementation centre”, including some information sharing to delineate territory controlled by Nusra and opposition groups.
“The fighting is flaring on all the fronts of southern Aleppo“, rebel spokesman Captain Abdul Salam Abdul Razak said.
Key rebel backer Turkey said it was essential that the fighting stop and aid start flowing from day one of the ceasefire. It launched a military incursion into Syria last month to battle the Islamic State group and halt the advance of USA -backed Kurdish forces, which it views with suspicion.
A senior member of the main Syrian opposition umbrella group said Saturday it hopes a new U.S.
Previous peace efforts have crumbled within weeks, with the United States accusing Assad’s forces of attacking opposition groups and civilians.
Basma Kodmani, of the High Negotiations Committee, tells The Associated Press that Russian Federation should pressure President Bashar Assad’s government to abide by the agreement reached early Saturday.
‘It is profoundly in the interests of the United States to target al Qaeda, to target al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, which is Nusra, an organisation that is opposed to a peaceful transition, an organisation that is an enemy of the legitimate opposition, an organisation that is now plotting attacks beyond Syria’s borders, including against the United States’.
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USA special envoy to the Syrian crisis Michael Ratney appealed to rebel groups to commit to the deal, saying it was the “best way” to save lives.
