Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s administration and the government in charge of the provincial capital of Kandahar, the Taliban’s birthplace, seem desperate to convince the narco-jihadist group to accept an unconditional ceasefire, offering the terrorist group incentives like the ability to visit relatives this week to embrace a truce proposal of up to one year.
TEL AVIV – In a rare move, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will visit Israel in October and meet with his counterpart Avigdor Lieberman to discuss the Jewish state’s security concerns in Syria.
Israel, the United States and Russia continue to discuss Israeli reservations regarding the ceasefire agreement in southern Syria agreed upon by Jordan, Russia and the U.S., an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.
On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the ceasefire and “de-escalation” plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should include all of Syria, not just the southwestern region of the country.
A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Friday prompted the United States, Russia, and Jordan to broker a ceasefire in Syria that has largely held, according to a group that uses ground sources to monitor the conflict.
Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, condemned Russia for its “aggressive actions” in eastern Ukraine during her first public remarks to the U.N. Security Council.
The headlines on Day One of the latest Syrian ceasefire, this time brokered by Russia, Turkey, and Iran without U.S. or U.N. involvement, is that it’s holding together despite “minor violations” — such as 20 air raids by the Syrian government against rebel positions near Idlib and ground action supported by attack helicopters in the suburbs of Damascus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that a ceasefire between the Syrian government and opposition forces, brokered and guaranteed by Russia and Turkey, would go into effect at midnight.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, formally announced the much-heralded Russian-Turkish-Iranian peace plan for Syria on Wednesday, with Russia claiming it has support from the United Nations. However, Turkey’s insistence that dictator Bashar Assad cannot be part of Syria’s long-term future may not sit well with Moscow.
The Syrian regime and its Russian patron have attempted to patch up the quickly-shattered ceasefire in Aleppo and arrange for civilian evacuations, a point unclear in the previous arrangement.
The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning after a resurgence in fighting ended a Russian ceasefire, a monitor and rebel groups said.
On Wednesday, Pope Francis begged for an “immediate ceasefire” in Syria, calling for “at least” a truce to allow civilians, especially children, to be evacuated.
The Syrian “ceasefire” decisively ended with a massive attack on the besieged city of Aleppo by Syrian regime (and, allegedly, Russian) forces, with Syrian officials saying a ground operation is imminent as well.
The government of Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad is refusing to grant letters of permission to UN convoys to deliver aid to besieged cities, a move that violates the U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire, according to the UN special envoy for Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly made a pact with Russia to establish a ceasefire in Syria, a move that has further aggravated the increasingly deep objections from the Pentagon, CIA, and other government components to cooperating with Russia.
For some Syrian refugees in Turkey – who find themselves hopeless, fearful, and concerned about their prospects and that of their family back in Syria – an end to their current predicament seems unattainable save for a return home for Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals on the Islamic calendar.
A cease-fire brokered by the US and Russia brought calm across much of Syria on Tuesday as residents of the northern city of Aleppo awaited an expected aid shipment.
The United States military in Africa has deployed 47 troops described by President Barack Obama as “equipped for combat” to protect American personnel and facilities in Juba, the capital of civil-war-ravaged South Sudan, the White House and U.S. Africa Command have announced.
It remains uncertain how long a shaky ceasefire will hold in South Sudan, a nation that the Obama administration helped birth.
The U.S. State Department insists that the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria is doing great, even as dictator Bashar Assad vowed the “bloodshed won’t come to an end” until all rebel forces have been destroyed.
U.S. Special Operations forces participating in a highly secretive ground operation led by the Army’s elite Delta Force apprehended their first suspected Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadist in Northern Iraq, reports CNN.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition have accused each other of breaking a three-day ceasefire imposed to help end the five-year civil war.
The much-heralded “cessation of hostilities” in Syria does not seem to be holding up very well, as the Syrian opposition claims at least 15 violations so far.
The United Nations earlier this week announced the formal start of indirect peace talks aimed at ending the nearly five-year-old Syrian conflict and urged world powers to push for ceasefire, as Bashar al Assad forces, backed by Russian airstrikes and Iranian militias, launched one of their biggest offensives.
Iran-linked Houthis and their allies are willing to accept a United Nations Security Council resolution to end the brutal war in Yemen while Saudi Arabia appears unwilling to support a negotiated settlement in the near future, according to a leaked UN email.
India’s Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh declared that, if needed, his country is ready to face hostile military action at its borders, comments that will likely increase tensions between India and Pakistan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The five-day cease-fire in Yemen, which appeared to be holding up despite some violations, has facilitated the delivery of some humanitarian assistance for the residents of the war-ravaged nation, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Thursday.
The body count in east Ukraine tops 6,000 as Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists continue to violate the “ceasefire agreement.”
Monday while reporting on ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, at the decimated site of the Donetsk International Airport in Ukraine, BBC News international correspondent Ian Pannell had to run and take cover while the building behind him is clearly hit by heavy
