One attack targeted a market in Idlib.
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After the “cessation of hostilities”, which will begin on the Muslim holiday Eid on Monday, the US and Russian Federation will cooperate in a Joint Intelligence Group to go after the Nusra Front, which recently claimed to have broken from al-Qaida, renaming itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in a last-ditch effort to stave off joint U.S. Tens of others were wounded.
According to The Washington Post, the plan calls for a “pause” in the fighting between Assad’s forces, which are supported by Russian Federation and Iran, and us -backed Syrian rebels. It is scheduled to go into effect at sundown Monday.
There was cautious optimism on Saturday about the temporary halt in the Syria war that was brokered by the United States and Russian Federation.
Kerry said the USA -supported opposition and other fighters will be called upon to set themselves apart from the radical Islamic State group and the Nusra Front.
“By all accounts, Assad air attacks have been the main driver of civilian casualties and migration flows out of Syria”, he said.
Under the agreement, Russian-backed government forces and opposition groups, supported by the United States and Gulf States, would halt fighting for a while as a confidence building measure. The cessation of fighting is agreed to take place next Monday, according to diplomatic sources, which spoke of some details of the documents, the complete texts of which are kept from the press due to the sensitive nature of the data they handle.
The Russian and US delegations met for over 14 hours Friday to finalize the plan.
The opposition plan consists of a first phase of six-month negotiations between the opposition and Al-Assad based on the Geneva Communique, which was adopted in 2012 and stipulates the formation of an interim government in Syria with members from the regime and opposition.
State news agency SANA said the Syrian government accepts the agreement, adding that hostilities will stop in the northern city of Aleppo, the country’s largest, for “humanitarian reasons”.
Hezbollah has sent thousands of fighters to Syria to back President Bashar Assad’s forces.
“The Syrian government has been informed by us about these arrangements, and it is ready to fulfill them”, he added.
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said that the deal provided a “window of opportunity” and that he would begin consultations on a relaunch of peace talks.
Kerry acknowledged “confusion” between Nusra and “legitimate opposition groups” that had led to a “fraying” of a cease-fire that was shepherded earlier this year by the US and Russian Federation and brought a badly-needed, if temporary, respite to Syrian civilians for several weeks.
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Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the establishment of a no-fly zone over northern Syria was very important, adding that such a move requires a decision from the U.N. Security Council and not the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Until the very last minute it was not clear whether the sides would reach an agreement as Kerry engaged in lengthy consultations with the White House, while Lavrov even said that the talks might continue into the next week.
