Syria War

Waffenpause in Syria is a “Test with a question mark”

A few hours before the agreed Waffenpause in Syria, US President Obama once again stresses the importance of this for the Bürgerkriegsland. But it is not all the guns are silent.

At a Meeting with his top safety advisers – including Secretary of state John Kerry (left in the picture), Secretary of defense Ashton Carter and Minister of justice Loretta Lynch – has U.S. President Barack Obama, his hope expressed that the ceasefire in Syria is a step on the path to peace in the Bürgerkriegsland will be.

“The next days are crucial and the world is watching,” Obama said in Washington. However, expect it not, that the Waffenpause on Saturday will begin at midnight, the clashes between the hostile Camps immediately will end. It handle more like a “Test question”, by will show, how reliable both the troops of the dictator Bashar al-Assad as well as dissident rebels on further negotiations were interested.

Weapons are silent battles go on

According to the commitment of both Syria’s President Assad as well as the Opposition that the respective combatants to the ceasefire would hold, had the Kurdish rebels assured, the fighting temporarily. However, they kept to themselves “the right to Gegenschlägen before, if we are attacked”, said representatives of the Volksverteidigungseinheiten (YPG).

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US President Obama said he was “sure that the fights go on” would, because the Terrormiliz Islamic state (IS), the radikalislamische Al-Nusra Front and other extremist groups are not part of the negotiations.

It is still unclear the attitude of Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had on Wednesday demanded that the Syrian Kurdenmilizen should the truce be excluded, in order then to be able to. Turkey sees allies as a terrorist classified PKK and attacked their positions in Syria regularly from one’s own territory.

Obama sees Russia in the duty

Of Russia, which alongside Iran, closest ally of Syria’s President Assad, urged Obama to play a constructive role in the efforts to achieve a cease-fire. It must be ensured that the bombardment of the included cities would cease and humanitarian aid to needy get.

He could be a future Syria with the current ruler Assad not imagine, said Obama. “Many Syrians will not stop to fight, as long as Assad is in Power. There is no Alternative to a guided Transformation away from Assad.” In this question, but there was still “significant discrepancies” between the USA and Russia.

Nevertheless, it must be the goal in Syria free elections and the country a new Constitution, so Obama.

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If the ceasefire actually come, it could be “the violence in the country decrease,” Obama said, and you could be “the suffering Syrians more food and aid”.

And then it is potentially even possible for it to negotiate a political solution to the conflict will come so that all involved parties then work together to fight against the Terrormiliz Islamic state could unite. “And this is the reason why the USA will do everything to reduce the chances of an end to the hostilities to improve,” stressed Obama.

mak/ww (ap, rtr, dpa)