Damascus has agreed to the deal, as has the main opposition alliance, though it is only ready to commit for two weeks given its deep reservations.
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He said that the agreement will hardly to bring any significant results.
“For us, al-Nusra is a problematic point, because al-Nusra is not only present in Idlib, but also in Aleppo, in Damascus and in the south. The critical issue here is that civilians or the Free Syrian Army could be targeted under the pretext of targeting al-Nusra”. It also leaves questions open on how to respond to breaches of the ceasefire.
Alloush heads the political office of Jaish al-Islam, one of the biggest rebel factions.
A Syrian military source signalled that Damascus would press on fighting in Daraya despite the truce.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he had spoken to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and their teams would meet in the next day or so to discuss the planned ceasefire. “In any place where there is Nusra Front, we will continue operations”.
The Observatory, which tracks Syria’s civil war, said Tuesday that it has documented the death of 271,138 people since the country’s crisis began five years ago. Russian Federation and Iran support him.
Two senior Syrian army officers told Palmer on Tuesday that they had no appetite for a cease-fire yet.
“The battles are very fierce”.
“Of course we want a ceasefire and peace in Syria”.
The group has escalated attacks on government targets in recent days.
“Among the necessary measures during the ceasefire are humanitarian aid to desperate refugees, strict border controls, release of innocent civilians from prisons and respecting rule of the legitimate government of Syria”, Rouhani told Putin.
The WFP said that of 21 food pallets dropped, 10 remained unaccounted for, four were destroyed and the remaining seven landed in areas where they could not be accessed.
“I do not know why the Russian government agreed to this agreement, except as some kind of con job to finesse the United States into changing its policies toward the Syrian government”, he said.
The statement said the terms of the ceasefire would cover all the parties to the conflict except Daesh (the Islamic State) and Jabhat al-Nusra, as well as other organizations, which the Security Council had listed as terrorist ones.
Analysts say that the Kremlin strongman is keen to see fighting die down as concerns have spiralled recently of a dramatic escalation in the conflict, especially after fierce Assad opponent Turkey raised the possibility of a ground operation into Syria. The last talks were called off this month before they got underway, with rebels saying they could not talk while government troops advanced and Russian Federation bombed. In addition to the Syrian regime’s ambiguous vow to continue fighting “terrorist groups”, there is also no provision for monitoring in the deal.
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“We, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), give great importance to the process of cessation of hostilities announced by the United States and Russian Federation and we will respect it, while retaining the right to retaliate… if we are attacked”, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said on his Facebook page.
