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Syria ceasefire holds with pockets of violence
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A nationwide ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Russia and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... which back opposing sides in the conflict, got off to a shaky start after midnight on Friday (2200 GMT on Thursday) in the latest attempt to end nearly six years of bloodshed. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... , a key ally of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... , announced the ceasefire on Thursday after forging the agreement with Turkey, a longtime backer of the opposition. Monitors and a rebel official reported festivities between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States could join the grinding of the peace processor once President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... takes office on Jan. 20. He also wanted Egypt to join, together with Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , Iraq, Jordan and the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... A number of rebel groups have signed the agreement, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. Several rebel officials acknowledged the deal, and a front man for the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA), a loose alliance of hard boy groups, said it would abide by the truce. One FSA commander was optimistic about the truce deal, the third serious attempt this year at a nationwide ceasefire. Syrian regime violates ceasefire deal in Aleppo, Idlib, Damascus suburbs [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Several breaches reported on Friday for the nationwide ceasefire that had been brokered by Russian and Turkish to end the war in Syria and lead to peace talks between rebels the Syrian regime. Activists said regime forces and allied militias tried to advance in Jabal al-Arbaeen in Southern countryside of Aleppo, but the the Syrian resistance’s fighter stopped them. Moreover, attempts to invade the town of Abo Rowil of regime were stopped by rebels. Osama Abo Zid, legal advisor of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA), reported that they had informed the Turkish side of the ceasefire breaches and they are waiting to see the procedure, although, 12 hours are not enough to evaluate the commitment to the truce. In regard to areas controlled by ISIS which is not included with the factions signed the truce, 10 non-combatants were killed and 3 maimed by Russian air strikes on al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. Regime’s warplanes carried out about 20 raids against rebels in many towns in Idlib and Hama, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR. Moreover, SOHR mentioned that regime helicopters also struck northwest of Damascus in the rebel-held Wadi Barada valley, and clashed between regime forces and allied forces were recorded. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-31 |
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