Hostilities On Syria "Diplomats Push Syria To Ceasefire With The Deadline Approaching"
Diplomats push Syria to ceasefire with the deadline approaching
Bosra, Dara, Syria, Feb. 23, 2016 in the southern city held
by rebels in the children playing near the damaged buildings.
They are the US- and UN diplomats said Russia supported the
ceasefire in Syria, which said that US Secretary of State John Kerry to confirm
the Security Council is considering a draft resolution on "the same way
that we can end this war. "
The warring parties in Syria noon today if the war's end,
which is scheduled to begin after 12 hours are included to tell.
Kerry Wednesday "option that the war is getting worse,
that Syria was completely destroyed, and not able to be put back together
again," he said.
U.S. and Russian officials are holding further discussions
Thursday on implementing the cease-fire, and Russia's deputy foreign minister,
Mikhail Bogdanov, reiterated that his country is not discussing any
alternatives to the plan.
The Syrian government has said it will take part and also
will continue attacking Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked terrorists, which are
excluded from the cease-fire. The truce would halt five years of fighting that
has left 470,000 people dead.
Islamic State fighters sit on a pickup truck while the ash
Shaddadi, Hasaka, Syria, February 18, 2016, near the Syrian province of
Democratic Forces fighters are being held as prisoners.
And the Negotiating Committee (HNC) in support Wednesday for
a cease-fire with the main opposition to the reserve supreme awarded, saying
that they have two weeks to determine the commitment of the other party to
participate would to.
HNC also said that the arrival of humanitarian assistance
and their participation blockade and air strikes against civilians depends on
the end.
Michael Ratney US envoy to Syria, said in a statement that
the recommendations of HNC and is being carefully considered. They also hope
that the maximum number of armed groups have to sign a truce.
Turkey warns:
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned on Thursday
that his country is not bound by the truce if Kurdish militias or self-styled
Islamic State threatened by the Syrians.
Turkish cross-border shelling targeted YPG Kurdish militia
in northern Syria that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he should
not be made part of the ceasefire agreement.
Turkey acknowledges that YPG outlawed Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK), which is out in the south of the country for three decades, their
relationship to a revolt by militants. The United States and the European Union
is recognized as a terrorist organization PKK.
Obama Cautious:
President Barack Obama struck a cautious tone after meeting
Wednesday with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
"We are very cautious about raising expectations on
this; the situation on the ground is difficult," the president said.
But the American leader added, "If over the next
several weeks we can see some lessening of the violence that’s been wracking
that country, then that provides us a basis to build a longer term
cease-fire." He said the warring parties fighting for control of Syria
might eventually be able to "move forward on the political transition that
ultimately is going to be necessary to bring an end to the civil war in Syria.”
In Moscow, the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin
spoke Wednesday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Saudi Arabia's King
Salman about the impending truce. Its statement said Putin and Rouhani, who
both support the Assad regime in Damascus, "stressed the importance of a
further cooperation" between the two countries in fighting terrorist
groups in Syria.
Russia said that Salman, who is supporting rebel groups
fighting Assad, "welcomed" the truce and voiced a "willingness
to work with Russia" to implement it.
The image in the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry,
the Russian air base in Syria Hemeimeem
Sukhoi Su-24 bombers with 25 aircraft parked on the ground
attack backgrounds, December 18, 2015 are seen.
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