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| Syria ceasefire agreement comes into effect |
| 2016-02-27 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A cessation of hostilities in Syria came into effect at the agreed time of midnight on Saturday (2200 GMT Friday), under a U.S.-Russian plan whichwarring sides in the five-year conflict have said would to commit to. Syria's government and bully boyz warring against it have said they would respect the halt to fighting. The truce does not apply to ISIS and al Qaeda affiliate the Nusra Front, and the Syrian government and Moscow have said they will not halt combat against those Death Eaters. The UN Security Council threw its weight Friday behind a ceasefire agreement for Syria and demanded that it be upheld. The council unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by Russia and the United States that endorses the ceasefire deal and "demands that the cessation of hostilities to begin at midnight (Damascus time)" (2200 GMT). UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said Friday Syria's government and rebels will re-start peace talks on March 7 if a ceasefire holds and more aid is delivered. Barely two hours before the Syria ceasefire was due to go into effect, the United States warned Russia that it was time to "put up or shut up." State Department deputy front man Mark Toner said Washington had received assurances from Moscow that it would not bomb the "moderate opposition" after the truce. "I don't know how to put it any better than saying: 'It's put up or shut up time,'" Toner told news hounds. "It is time for them to show through action rather than words that they are serious about what they profess to be serious about, which is a ceasefire, a cessation of hostilities and a political process that leads to a transition." |
| Posted by:Fred |