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Editorial on the ceasefire in Syria
Editorial on the ceasefire in Syria
The agreement reached between Russia and the United States in Geneva on a ceasefire in Syria is perhaps the best opportunity for a solution to the five-and-a-half-year old civil war.Under it, Russia will prevent the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from bombing rebel-held areas, while the U.S. will join hands with Russia in the fight against jihadist groups, including the Islamic State.The broad framework of the deal is the Putin Plan, made public a year ago while announcing Russia's intervention in Syria.
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Syria ceasefire deal rife with legal, liability questions
Syria ceasefire deal rife with legal, liability questions
The deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists in the country is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism about military cooperation between the two powers, senior U.S. officials said.The first hurdle is that Congress has enacted a law prohibiting any military cooperation with Moscow in the wake of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.That means the deal that Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to last week in Geneva first needs a waiver from a skeptical Defense Secretary Ash Carter to be legal.
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Syria war: 'Significant drop in violence' as ceasefire largely holds, United Nations says
Syria war: 'Significant drop in violence' as ceasefire largely holds, United Nations says
Syria war: 'Significant drop in violence' as ceasefire largely holds, United Nations saysUpdatedA new ceasefire in Syria brought a full day with no deaths in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents, a monitoring body said, as efforts to deliver aid to besieged areas got cautiously underway.Twenty-four hours after the truce took effect, the United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura declared the situation had improved dramatically, saying UN aid access should be possible soon, including to eastern Aleppo — the rebel-held half of the city which is under blockade.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it had received not a single report of combatants or civilians killed by fighting in any areas covered by the truce.
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