Syria

The ceasefire in Syria is largely respected

In the embattled city of Aleppo and in the capital Damascus, it has so far remained quiet. From Turkey, the first deliveries of aid to the distressed civilians on the way. The Damascus government restricts.

Relief supplies that had not been with the United Nations or the Syrian government, would be dismissed, reports the official news Agency SANA. This concerns, in particular, supplies from Turkey, said in reference to the Ministry of foreign Affairs in Damascus.

Correspondents had previously reported that a convoy had crossed the car from about 20 load in the Turkish town of Cilvegözü the border to Northern Syria. The government in Ankara had announced that after the start of the ceasefire, food, children’s clothing and toys in the city of Aleppo.

The aid organization SOS children’s villages announced in the weeks competitive city in the weapons hold to a standstill. The situation had calmed down a little, so that children are for the first time in larger groups on the road and played, reported an employee of the organization. “If it remains so, we will move now for the first time in a long time, without fear in the city, and the people will be able to supply, to which we have managed so far to come.”

IS will continue to be fought

The new truce that had been negotiated last weekend between the US and Russia, met on Monday evening with the onset of darkness. In the Northern Aleppo flew in the government troops then no air attacks on rebels quarter, as correspondents reported. The rebels stopped their attacks on the government-controlled parts of the city. Radical militias such as the “Islamic state” (IS), however, fought to continue to.

The fire break is to be used for humanitarian aid and to restart the peace effort. In the for more than five years of ongoing conflict, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, millions are on the run.

uh/sti (afp, dpa, rtr)