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Assad casts doubt on Syria ceasefire prospects
[CNN] Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Trampler of Homs... has cast doubt on the prospects of a proposed ceasefire in his country's grinding civil war. He told a group in Damascus on Monday that "no one" was capable of bringing about the necessary circumstances for a planned truce to take effect later this week. World powers agreed Friday in Munich, Germany, to seek a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" in Syria to begin in a week's time, although it would not apply to the battle against terrorist groups ISIS and al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front. But in his comments on the proposal, Assad seemed skeptical about whether a halt in the conflict was possible. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-17 |
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