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| Warring sides in Syria reach ceasefire deal on 2 villages, border town |
| 2015-09-25 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Warring sides in Syria have agreed with U.N. help on a deal to extricate one group of rebel fighters and another group of trapped villagers, sources familiar with the talks said on Thursday. The deal was reached in talks backed by Iran, which supports the Syrian government, and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , which supports the rebels. With a ceasefire in the areas holding, it offers a rare chance of success for foreign-brokered diplomacy in the intractable conflict. It also comes as Russia shores up Damascus with increased military support, prompting the United States to talk with its Cold War foe. Syria's four-year civil war has killed an estimated 250,000 people and driven more than 11 million from their homes. The agreement includes the withdrawal of rebel fighters holed up in the mostly government-held area near Leb, and the evacuation of civilians from two Shi'ite villages under rebel siege in Idlib province in northwest Syria, the sources said. The office of U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura confirmed that there were positive developments in the talks, which were facilitated by the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , but said it was up to the parties to say if there was a deal to announce. |
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