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Two fighters from the Islamic Al-Rahman Corps group monitor the movements of the regime’s soldiers in the city of Arbin in East Ghouta, rural Damascus (AFP)
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Syrian opposition fighters examine a shell that landed in the northern countryside of Daraa and Quneitra yesterday (Reuters)
US Department of State to Asharq Al-Awsat: The Syrian Truce is a Step Towards Political Transition
While the US Secretary of State John Kerry announced yesterday that Washington and Moscow have agreed on a plan for a ceasefire in Syria starting at midnight on Friday with the exception of bombing ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front, an official at the US State Department...Caption:
Residents look for survivors at a site hit by what activists said were three consecutive air strikes carried out by the Russian air force, the last which hit an ambulance, in the area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Syrian Opposition Accepts Temporary Truce If Russia Halts Air Strikes
Syria’s opposition has agreed on Saturday to the “possibility” of a two- to three-week truce, on condition that Damascus’s allies including Russia would lift sieges and cease fire, allowing aid deliveries across the country, a source close to...Caption:
Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) congratulate each other after arriving in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)
Second deployment of PKK fighters arrives in Iraq
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The second deployment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters withdrawing from Turkish territory have arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Bakhtiar Dogan, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Force (HPG)—the armed...Caption:
This photo taken on Tuesday May 7, 2013 and provided by Firat News Agency on Wednesday May 8, 2013 shows a rebel of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Turkey close to the border with Iraq. (AP Photo/Firat News Agency)