Syria War

Syria’s Opposition for cease-fire with

In just two days should the weapons in Syria to be silent. Also, the main opposition group now gives their consent. US President Obama warns however, against too high expectations.

Ruins in Homs

After the basic Yes the Syrian government of dictator Bashar al-Assad is now Saudi Arabia supported the Opposition, prepared to a cease-fire to hold. As the channel Al-Arabija reported, endorsed the High Verhandlungskomitee by the United States and Russia planned two-week truce. Details called the transmitter is not.

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The influential Kurdenmiliz YPG wants the agreement to also accept. However, reserve the right to react to attacks, was a YPG representative told the Reuters news Agency clearly.

The Russian-American Plan provides for the weapons from Saturday to zero o’clock silence. Except for attacks on terrorist groups such as the extremist militia “Islamic state” (IS).

Obama to Chance for cease-fire reluctant

US President Barack Obama, together with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the concept has agreed, muffling nevertheless, the expectations. “The Situation on the ground is very difficult,” Obama said after a Meeting with Jordan’s king Abdullah at the White house in Washington.

“If we in the next few weeks, a decline in the violence recognize that this country is broken, then that would give us a base to give we a longer-lasting cease-fire could build,” he said. Moreover, it would be an end to the struggles of the United States, its partners and Russia allow more against the IS-jihadists have to proceed.

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In Moscow, a government spokesman pointed out, several locally limited Truces in Syria already negotiated. So have the rebels and representatives of the Assad government in some regions in the provinces of Homs and Latakia appropriate agreements signed.

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The distressed Syrian population for the first time by the United Nations out of the air with the help of supplies. A plane of the Welternährungspgrogramms (WFP) threw over the IS-terrorists besieged city of Deir Essor 21 tons of relief supplies. There waiting still 200,000 people.

se/ww (rtr, dpa, ap, afp)