Entry into force of the ceasefire agreement southern Syria

Entry into force of the ceasefire agreement southern Syria


 Damascus - Washington / Reuters - BBC

It entered into a ceasefire in the south - west of Syria yesterday afternoon (Sunday) (09:00 GMT), in the latest international effort to achieve peace in the country.
United States, Russia, Jordan , and reached an agreement for a ceasefire and «not to escalate» last Friday, in order to pave the way for a wider truce and more coherent. The announcement came after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the «Group of Twenty» summit in Germany.
For his part, a government official said yesterday that «Silence is the sign», in response to the government 's position on the ceasefire. He added «We welcome any move that a cease - fire and allow for peaceful initiatives and solutions». According to media spokesman for the brigades , the Criterion , which is active in Quneitra Sahib area to leave, said that « the situation is relatively quiet». Another official from the opposition in the city of Daraa and said he was «fighting is not mentioned.» It was quiet Mansheya front near the border with Jordan , which pointed out that it « has seen some of the heaviest bombardments carried out by the army in recent weeks». Several agreements have collapsed ceasefire since the conflict erupted. « The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights» and an official in the opposition and said that air strikes were no clashes in the south and west of Syria since the entry into force of the cease-fire yesterday morning.
«Observatory», based in Britain, said that calm the region since the entry into force of the ceasefire. An official in the opposition in the city of Daraa and said he did not mention is fighting. There has been no comment from the Syrian regime forces.
With the help of the Russian Air Force fighters and Iranian - backed Syrian President Bashar al- Assad 's government has made big gains on the expense of the opposition last year.
Previous talks between the United States and Russia would «not to escalate zone» in the south - west Syria included a shield province on the border with Jordan and Kenitra adjacent to the Golan Heights occupied by Israel.
A senior official at the US State Department participated in the talks that there is a need for further discussions to identify important aspects of the agreement between them will monitor its implementation.
He said « the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights» and the official opposition that he did not fall air strikes and clashes in the south - west of Syria since the entry into force of the cease-fire yesterday morning (Sunday), in the latest international effort to achieve peace in the country. «Observatory» said the calm area since the truce took effect, while the official opposition in the city of Daraa said that «no fighting is little», has made no comment about the Syrian regime 's army.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that « the agreement includes securing access to humanitarian aid and to establish contacts between the opposition in the region and control center is being created in the Jordanian capital».
Said Rami Abdel Rahman , director of the observatory: «there is quiet in the south of Syria , to coincide with the entry of US - Russian Jordanian Agreement enters into force on Sunday afternoon», Damascus time. He explained that « the main fronts in the shield, Kenitra and endosperm that regime forces and factions of the opposition share mainly to control, is witnessing a stop to the fighting and bombardment since yesterday morning , with the exception of scattered shells before noon fired by regime forces on the control of factions areas in the city of Daraa».
Announced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday in the German city of Hamburg for his country and the United States agreement with Jordan on a cease - fire in southern Syria. The three southern provinces constitute one of the four areas included in a memorandum of « de- escalation zones» signed by both Russia and Iran, allies of the Syrian regime, and Turkey in support of the opposition in Astana on the fifth of May and failed three countries at a meeting Wednesday in the agreement on the details of up to these areas. After the Russian announcement of the truce, there has been no comment or official position of the Syrian regime. Opposition factions delegation was to Astana Conference expressed in a statement Friday before the announcement of Russia 's agreement, concern over what he described as «meetings and understandings confidential» between the three countries «to hold a single agreement in the south of the Syrian isolation from the north», saying that it would «divide Syria The delegation and the opposition into two parts. » The start of implementation of the ceasefire in southern Syria on the eve of a seventh round of peace negotiations in Geneva, amid slim hopes of the possibility of achieving progress in the settlement of the dispute that has caused since it began in 2011 , killed more than 320 thousand people. Ramzi Izz al- Din symbolic assistant UN special envoy to Syria , said Staffan de Mistura Saturday in Damascus that the ceasefire agreement « a step in the right direction» and would «help to create the right climate for talks» in Geneva.
On the other hand said Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster US National Security Advisor that the ceasefire be applied on Sunday afternoon in the south - west in Syria is a US priority and an important step towards achieving peace in all parts of the country. The United States and Russia had announced their agreement on a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of "reducing the escalation of the region" in Daraa and Quneitra and endosperm starting Sunday afternoon, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday in Hamburg.
He stressed McMaster in a statement that "such areas is a priority for the United States." "What encouraged us, it is the progress that has been made to reach this agreement."
He added McMaster " The United States remains committed to defeating the organization Daesh, and helping to end the conflict in Syria, reducing suffering, and to enable people to return to their homes.
He McMaster that US President Donald Trump Search in this agreement , " with many of the world leaders at a summit Group of twenty " in Germany, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister of Britain , Theresa May German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Russian military police forces will oversee the cease-fire" in coordination with the Jordanians and the Americans. "
It is the headquarters The agreement begins with a ceasefire southwest of Syria into force, on Sunday afternoon to include a number of provinces south - west of Syria. The cities covered by the truce in the south of Syria is a shield, Kenitra and endosperm.

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