“The idea is that because Russian Federation supports the regime and the USA supports the rebels, each of them can get their allies to stop the fighting”, she says.
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The Syrian government, Iran, and Hezbollah have all declared that they accept the deal.
“Assad will try to kill as much as possible before the claimed cease-fire“, he said, referring to the president of Syria.
But that scenario is complicated by the fact that the powerful al Qaeda-linked faction, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, remains intertwined with several other groups.
Mr Lavrov said the deal would allow efficient co-operation in the struggle against terrorism, and expand humanitarian access to Syria’s worst-hit towns and cities.
Russian Federation had long complained that US -backed rebels forces are aligned with the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda linked group.
Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, a senior Russian Defence Ministry official, said Moscow was considering a Syrian military request to supply equipment that would allow Damascus to monitor artillery fire in and around Aleppo.
“People made a decision to go out after hearing there was a truce on Eid”, he said via internet chat. It says rebel groups will have the right to defend themselves if they come under attack by government forces.
And hardline Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham, which works closely with former al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, said on Sunday it was “still discussing the points of the truce”. They will announce. they are opposed to the U.S. “So a lot of [the rebels] have indicated in principle that they want to abide by a cease-fire, but there’s a lot of questions hanging over it still”.
To begin with, on a positive note, Russian Federation states that the Syrian government is ready to fulfill the measures in the U.S.
The agreement also includes the creation of a demilitarized zone around Syria’s Aleppo to deliver humanitarian aid to the city, as well as close coordination of Russian and U.S. airstrikes against the so-called “Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham”, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, and ISIL terrorist groups operating in Syria.
While it took a bit longer to get them on board, Syrian rebels have ultimately agreed to participate in the new US-Russia negotiated ceasefire, scheduled to begin on Monday evening.
Russia and the US also outlined the establishment of the Russian-US Joint Implementation Centre (JIG) that would serve the objective of the “delineation of territories controlled by Al-Nusra and opposition groups in the area of active hostilities”.
Hours before the cease-fire went into effect, Assad vowed that his government would take back land from “terrorists” and rebuild the country.
US and Russian officials announced the cease-fire early Saturday, saying they hoped it would facilitate humanitarian access to civilians.
The deal, announced last week by the USA and Russian foreign ministers, calls for a halt to fighting between the US -backed opposition and Russian-supported Syrian government.
Against this backdrop, the Americans are fighting two principal enemies in Syria – Assad and the Islamic State (IS) terror group.
The tentative truce, announced after marathon talks by the Russian and United States foreign ministers last week, has cautiously reawakened hopes to end a five-year civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions from the country.
Under the terms of the cessation of hostilities in February, the agreement was to use proportionate response in self-defense, if and when attacked.
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“Daraya is living proof for all Syrians that the only option available to you is reconciliation and abandoning fighting”, said Adnan al-Afiyuni, mufti for Damascus province.
Speaking after attending Eid al-Adha prayers, President Tayyip Erdogan said the initial 48-hour ceasefire could be extended by a week and then again for a further period if it held, and the aim was to establish “first class peace”.
SANA says no civilians were present in the suburb, once home to almost a quarter million people, after the last of them were evacuated as part of the surrender agreement.
Fighting continues across swathes of the capital’s eastern outskirts, ahead of a nationwide ceasefire brokered between the USA and Russian Federation and due to begin at sunset on Monday. UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura called it a “window of opportunity”.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the accord would prevent President Bashar al-Assad’s air force from flying combat missions anywhere the opposition is present, calling this provision the “bedrock of the agreement”.
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Despite the beginning of Eid al-Adha, the city’s streets were quiet, with few able to celebrate amid shortages created by a renewed government siege.
