The United States said that a Syria ceasefire was “not dead” on Tuesday even as other countries voiced skepticism that a U.S.
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Both the US and Russian Federation had expressed a desire to extend the fragile cease-fire, which saw guns fall mostly silent despite the issues in getting aid on the move.
Saying “there is no military solution”, Ban particularly blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for the atrocities and horrors over the years. The strike was called off when the Russians called their US counterparts and informed them of the mistake. But while it led to a significant reduction in fighting at the outset, violence has increased in recent days and aid has mostly failed to arrive.
Aid to desperate civilians was a key element of the US-Russia deal, but deliveries were minimal during the truce and cross-border assistance for besieged civilians in eastern parts of Aleppo city never entered Syrian territory.
At first there were minor violations to the ceasefire, but it appeared to be holding at first. The Homs governor said the plan had been postponed from Monday to Tuesday.
Last week, the United States was forced to apologize after it weakened the ceasefire by bombing Syrian troops, but Washington said it had been accidental. If the truce were to collapse, it could doom any chance of President Barack Obama’s administration negotiating a Syria breakthrough before it leaves office in January.
Ansari said Tehran will “give all possible support” to Syria in its war against terrorism.
Activists and rebel groups also accuse the government of violating the cease-fire.
Another rebel official also signaled the insurgents might soon step up military action.
Monitors reported clashes in and around Aleppo on Monday.
“Many groups have killed many innocents – but none more so than the government of Syria, which continues to barrel bomb neighborhoods and systematically torture thousands of detainees”.
The two sides, which brokered the truce earlier this month, had said that if.
The Syrian military statement placed the blame squarely on the rebel groups.
The Syrian army said in a statement last week that the truce will last until midnight Sunday. -Russian plan to set up a coordination center that would plan strikes against militants in the country.
But in a sign of the increasing messiness of Syria’s overlapping wars, Washington also was still on the defensive.
But the ceasefire deal has faced enormous challenges from the outset, including how to disentangle nationalist rebels backed by the West from jihadists not covered by the truce.
Iran is one of Assad’s strongest supporters. The dispute over his fate has made a mockery of all previous diplomatic efforts to end the fighting.
The station says Monday’s airstrikes targeted IS positions in areas such as the Tharda Mountain, overlooking the airport of the city of Deir el-Zour. At least 18 of the 31 trucks in the convoy were destroyed, as well as a health clinic, he said.
U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said he was outraged that the aid vehicles would come under attack after days of waiting for official government permission to move.
Up to 275,000 people remain trapped in eastern Aleppo without food, water, proper shelter or medical care, he added.
He said USA and Russian officials were meeting in Geneva to try to sort out aid deliveries to Aleppo and other besieged communities.
Russia’s number one priority in Syria is ensuring the integrity of the territories now held by the Syrian government, America’s former Syria envoy said Monday.
United Nations peace envoy Staffan de Mistura said all participants at Tuesday’s meeting reconfirmed support for the truce, even if Assad’s military and the rebels weren’t always respecting it.
“There were Australian aircraft involved in the operation”.
The United States relayed “regret” about the unintentional loss of life.
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“Multiple sources have confirmed that the town was shelled this evening”, he said.
