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Syria Ceasefire Coming into Force, 48hr Pause to Start at Sunset

Syria Ceasefire Coming into Force, 48hr Pause to Start at Sunset
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The new Syrian ceasefire plan, brokered in Geneva by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart, John Kerry, is set to start on Monday evening.

Syria Ceasefire Coming into Force, 48hr Pause to Start at Sunset

The plan will initiate an initial 48-hour truce, which must then hold for the entire week.

The truce is to see the nationwide halt of Syrian army's action against militants as well as cooperation on strikes against terrorist targets.

Kerry previously said that the ceasefire comes into effect "at sundown" on September 12, Damascus time.

According to the deal, terrorist organizations such as Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the "ISIS" group] or Fateh al-Sham [Formerly al-Nusra Front] are excluded from the cessation of violence and will be subjected to further attacks.

In case the ceasefire holds for at least a week, Moscow and Washington would also establish the Russian-US Joint Implementation Centre [JIG] that would serve the purpose of "delineation of territories controlled by al-Nusra and opposition groups in the area of active hostilities."

The 48-hours nationwide ceasefire is the first step of a proposed seven day truce and is part of a greater peace plan agreed on between Moscow and Washington.

Another key element of it is the supplying of aid to the civilian population, particularly in the embattled city of Aleppo.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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