Sheikh Rahman sanctioned the ceasefire agreement from his prison cell.
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Implementing the ceasefire agreement reached in February 2015 has stalled.
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But in 2013, the North declared the ceasefire agreement invalid.
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The latest ceasefire agreement is not so different on the ground.
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McGurk also spoke about why a ceasefire agreement last year failed.
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The latest Western-drafted ceasefire agreement collapsed in acrimony last week.
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Although the ceasefire agreement is bilateral, only one party implements it in reality.
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Abu Zeid said Russia had failed as a guarantor of the ceasefire agreement.
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Meanwhile, the army's own Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement of 2015 excludes the biggest militias.
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The shelling happened despite a ceasefire agreement reached with Russia-backed separatists last month.
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But after a major ceasefire agreement in early 2015, the violence hasn't really stopped.
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In July, the PKK declared a 2013 ceasefire agreement with Turkey to be over.
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In 2015, that effort led to eight armed groups signing a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
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Major News: A ceasefire agreement in the Syrian civil war conflict has been reached.
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He said there had not been sufficient progress in implementing the Minsk ceasefire agreement.
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Mistura urged key players in the war to help salvage the crumbling ceasefire agreement.
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Russia, for its part, claims it is striking groups outside of the ceasefire agreement.
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Mr. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, spoke about the ceasefire agreement later in Hamburg.
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A ceasefire agreement in 1991 promised a referendum on independence, but no vote was held.
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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called the offensive a "flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement".
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But there were other armed opposition groups that could join any ceasefire agreement, they said.
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Kirby said Russia had failed to live up to its commitments under a ceasefire agreement.
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A months-long ceasefire agreement that ended in June was recently extended until Aug. 31.
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In the areas under the partial ceasefire agreement, civilian casualties were at a four-year low.
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UN NEGOTIATORS are trying to salvage a ceasefire agreement to keep open Hodeidah, Yemen's main port.
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"But at the same time it is crucial that this (ceasefire) agreement was reached," he said.
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The Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham did not sign the ceasefire agreement, a spokesman said.
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Both Egypt and the UN hope a short-term ceasefire agreement could improve Gaza's humanitarian situation.
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In December, the nations brokered the most effective ceasefire agreement so far in the six-year conflict.
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Many feared that Trump might reverse sanctions on Russia, without securing Moscow's compliance with a ceasefire agreement.
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He also called on all countries to stop supporting any parties trying to sabotage the ceasefire agreement.
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Jabhat al-Nusra, which is not part of the ceasefire agreement, is said to have checkpoints nearby.
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News of a ceasefire agreement comes as US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pushing into Raqqa.
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The strikes come as the United Nations tries to secure a ceasefire agreement between the warring sides.
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A ceasefire agreement was signed in February 2015 in Minsk but has failed to end the violence.
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Each side blames the other for violations of the ceasefire agreement since it took effect in late December.
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Its deployment of security forces with the construction crews was seen as a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
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Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that the United States was not fulfilling its obligations under the ceasefire agreement.
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The war continues despite Russia and Ukraine signing the so-called Minsk ceasefire agreement almost three years ago.
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U.N.-led peace talks in December resulted in a ceasefire agreement in the key port city of Hodeidah.
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That is, a country effectively divided into rival fiefdoms, with efforts intermittently made to enforce a ceasefire agreement.
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The Minsk ceasefire agreement in 2015 staunched the worst of the bloodshed but troops continue to die regularly.
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Fayez al-Serraj, who heads Libya's Tripoli-based internationally recognized government, signed a ceasefire agreement at the talks.
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And Dr. Hassan expressed concern the ceasefire agreement would fail to translate to real action on the ground.
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"There is no ceasefire agreement, fighting could start up again at any moment," a senior Israeli official said.
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Rebels said the new ceasefire agreement was reached overnight after a previous one collapsed in less than 24 hours.
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Both sides accuse the other of violating the 18-month-old 'Minsk' ceasefire agreement on a near-daily basis.
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The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment seeking more details on the potential ceasefire agreement.
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The ceasefire agreement was intended to revive a 2015 peace deal, which lasted less than a year before collapsing.
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It also said that Kerry and Lavrov have welcomed a ceasefire agreement over Azerbaijan's breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Zelenskiy also raised the possibility of resetting the Minsk ceasefire agreement without giving any concessions to Russia, Linkevicius said.
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Russia has blamed those rebels for the attack, calling it a breach of the ceasefire agreement in northern Syria.
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The KNU and the Myanmar government reached a ceasefire agreement in 2012, ending their armed confrontation, although relations remain tense.
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Germany's foreign ministry said it was a significant step in implementing the ceasefire agreement agreed in the Belarus capital Minsk.
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With ongoing fighting paralyzing eastern Ukraine, the two foreign ministers discussed the need to fully implement the Minsk ceasefire agreement.
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Reports in Arab media spoke of a ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt and due to come into force at midnight.
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In a statement, the FARC said the clash occurred because the military patrol broke protocols established in the ceasefire agreement.
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Despite a Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed in 2014, and again in 2015, fighting continues to intensify along the contact line.
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These strikes show no sign of slowing, despite a planned ceasefire agreement that's supposed to come into force this week.
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President Obama phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss a ceasefire agreement in Syria, the White House said.
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So has the West, whose leaders continue to endorse the Minsk-2 ceasefire agreement, while privately admitting that it is dead.
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This year alone, Pakistan says India has violated a ceasefire agreement by firing upon or shelling its territory thousands of times.
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But partisan differences — not to mention the uncertainty around a ceasefire agreement — cast doubt around whether these bills would actually advance.
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A ceasefire agreement was brokered by France and signed a few days later by Saakashvili and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Russia would have no cause to complain, since the U.S. would be enforcing a ceasefire agreement that Russia had itself negotiated.
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A spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister's office said Israel had no comment to make regarding reports of the ceasefire agreement.
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The goal is a nationwide ceasefire agreement among all factions other than ISIS and the al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front.
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In Russia, Savchenko's trial continued — even though the February 2015 ceasefire agreement, called Minsk II, mandated the release of all prisoners.
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A previous ceasefire agreement broke down earlier this month when Russian forces continued to bomb rebel-held strongholds in northern Syria.
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He made the comments after accusing the U.S.-led coalition of violating a ceasefire agreement by bombing Syrian government forces in September.
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For example, Jaysh al-Islam, previously labeled as a terrorist group by Russia, is now part of the Russia-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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The violence underscores the difficulty of implementing the Minsk Two ceasefire agreement, signed in February 2015, which the two sides interpret differently.
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The military offensive has strained a ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey aimed at bringing about Syrian peace talks in Kazakhstan.
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The deal with Turkey "People have been trying to make this deal for years," Trump said of his ceasefire agreement with Turkey.
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The two-year-old 'Minsk' ceasefire agreement has failed to stem violence between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
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The armed opposition suspended its participation in the peace talks Wednesday, citing continued regime violations of the ceasefire agreement signed in December.
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News of a ceasefire agreement comes as US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pushing into Raqqa, the self-proclaimed ISIS capital.
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Still, Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov sat civilly side by side Thursday night after reaching a ceasefire agreement for Syria.
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"The resistance will abide by the ceasefire agreement as long as the Israeli occupation adheres to the Egyptian-brokered truce," it said.
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The parties have failed to withdraw heavy military equipment from the lines of conflict as agreed in the ceasefire agreement, he said.
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The deaths come after a ceasefire agreement in the province went into effect on January 12, according to the Turkish defense ministry.
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On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine was "barely holding" and blamed Russia for continuing violations.
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A ceasefire agreement has long been considered one of the last and most important steps to help end Colombia's 52-year armed conflict.
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Though both sides signed a ceasefire agreement in 2002, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, a major player in peace talks, was assassinated in 2005.
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Trump had imposed sanctions on Turkey after its offensive but lifted them as part of a ceasefire agreement brokered by Vice President Pence.
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They hope to build on a ceasefire agreement that was reached in the Belarussian capital, Minsk, but has failed to end the conflict.
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The ceasefire agreement outlines several measures the parties agreed to take, including the release and exchange of all hostages and unlawfully detained persons.
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"As U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said yesterday, the Russians have proven themselves untrustworthy, unable and unwilling to hold to the U.N. ceasefire agreement."
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Lavrov, in a telephone conversation with Kerry, also reiterated the need to publish "the entire package" of the Syria ceasefire agreement, the ministry said.
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Despite the military blame game over Monday's deadly attack, diplomats struggled to save the U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement that took effect on September 12.
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Fighting has continued in the east of the country, despite the so-called Minsk ceasefire agreement, and Western powers fear peace efforts could unravel.
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In 2013, the North declared the ceasefire agreement invalid, just one of many tit-for-tat moves by the North on this divided peninsula.
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The Russian Defence Ministry said it was refraining from striking areas where the "moderate opposition" was respecting the ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency reported.
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A ceasefire agreement signed in the Belarussian capital Minsk in 2015, with French and German support, has had only limited success in ending hostilities.
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Tens of thousand of people, including Thaer and Mojahed, were forced to evacuate their homes under a ceasefire agreement reached by Moscow and Ankara.
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But Bolton took a swipe at the Palestinian Authority when he was asked about a potential ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to extend a fragile ceasefire agreement in Syria by an additional 72 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
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Even before Sunday's battlefield developments, U.S. President Obama said that the two countries were struggling to reach a new ceasefire agreement between Damascus and rebels.
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Putin informed Sisi about the implementation of a Syria ceasefire agreement which the Russian leader said was key for stabilizing the situation in the country.
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The four groups named by Facebook have not signed a government-led ceasefire agreement and have frequently clashed with the armed forces in recent years.
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The exchange came after talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov failed to result in a Syria ceasefire agreement.
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US military officials said the best explanation for their not having been looped into the ceasefire agreement was the speed with which it came together.
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The Syrian military's shift of focus has come partly as a result of a ceasefire agreement in southwest Syria, brokered by the US and Russia.
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He made no mention of the ceasefire agreement, but said the army would continue its work "without hesitation, regardless of any internal or external circumstances".
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Nagorno-Karabakh's self-declared defense ministry said Azeri forces had violated the ceasefire agreement and used anti-tank weapons against one of their block-posts.
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Haftar's rival, Fayez al-Serraj, who heads Libya's Tripoli-based internationally recognised government, signed the ceasefire agreement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
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Authorities also accused Syria in November of violating the 1974 ceasefire agreement by "conducting construction work" in the northern part of the Golan Demilitarized Zone.
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Nagorno-Karabakh's self-declared defense ministry said Azeri forces had violated the ceasefire agreement, opened fire first and used anti-tank and other heavy weapons.
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Juncker said he had negotiated a "ceasefire agreement" on trade with Trump in July and while such deals were often jeopardised, they were generally respected.
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More enthusiastic was the response to Pence's insistence that Russia adhere to a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, which was established in 2014 but routinely broken since.
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U.S. officials are demanding a ceasefire agreement and a commitment on direct talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government before a peace deal is finalised.
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Assad also said he did not believe there could be a joint US-Russian military partnership against militants -- a key plank of the faltering ceasefire agreement.
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The administration has also been navigating a tense relationship with Russia over the conflict in Syria, with both sides pointing fingers over a fraught ceasefire agreement.
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A frustrated Kerry called on Thursday for "immediate" and "significant" action from Russia and Syria to prove their commitment to a ceasefire agreement reached this month.
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"It (the kingdom) expressed its welcome for the ceasefire agreement which would ease the humanitarian suffering of the brotherly Syrian people," SPA said, quoting the official.
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Russia and the United States said in a joint statement they would step up efforts to persuade the warring parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement.
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In November, the Israeli military accused Syria of violating the 1974 ceasefire agreement by "conducting construction work" in the northern part of the Golan Demilitarized Zone.
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But he said the United States would withdraw all personnel it had dispatched to prepare for military co-operation with Russia under the latest ceasefire agreement.
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However, Nasser al-Hariri, head of the opposition delegation in Vienna, did not mention eastern Ghouta or any ceasefire agreement during a news conference on Saturday.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A ceasefire agreement in Syria has been violated 31 times over the past three days, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
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It said the German diplomats got involved at the request of opposition officials, helping broker the ceasefire agreement through their contacts and the exchange of information.
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Serraj signed the ceasefire agreement but Haftar left Moscow without signing the accord, the TASS news agency cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Tuesday.
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In a phone call, Erdogan also told Merkel that a ceasefire agreement with Russia in Syria's Idlib region aimed to protect civilians and Turkish troops there.
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Ceasefire violations claimed Abu Zeid also insisted any ceasefire agreement should apply to the entire Syrian territory, saying the Hama area remains under attack by regime forces.
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Two groups that everyone has agreed to define as terrorists, Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra (affiliated with al-Qaeda), are explicitly excluded from the ceasefire agreement.
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The powerful Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham said it had not signed the ceasefire agreement because of "reservations", which it would make clear in due course.
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Still, some losses for oil were pared after rebels sabotaging Nigeria's crude exports denied a one-month ceasefire agreement, while the overall energy group rose 0.4 percent.
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The talks, which would push for a nationwide ceasefire agreement among all factions other than ISIS and al Nusra Front, would now begin on Friday, he said.
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The U.S. and Russia signed a temporary ceasefire agreement last week, calling for a reduction of violence for seven continuous days and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
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Russia, which denies the accusation, says Ukraine is not honouring commitments under a ceasefire agreement brokered in Minsk in 2015, including giving a special status to Donbass.
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MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Russia is ready to extend a fragile ceasefire agreement in Syria by an additional 72 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry recorded five violations of a tentative ceasefire agreement in Syria in the last 24 hours, RIA news agency reported on Sunday.
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Seven of the 15 armed ethnic groups invited to sign the ceasefire agreement declined, in part because of distrust of Myanmar's government and its still-powerful military.
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The State Department has yet even to issue any statement outlining the consequences for the breaking of the ceasefire agreement between Turkey and Russia signed in 2018.
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Merkel, along with France's leader, has since tried to convince Russia and Ukraine to implement a fragile ceasefire agreement under the 'Minsk' agreement but to little avail.
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HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a landmark ceasefire agreement on Thursday, a major step toward ending one of the world's longest-running conflicts.
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Despite a ceasefire agreement signed in Minsk last year, fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, seeing a sharp uptick in recent weeks around the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.
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Havana, Cuba (CNN)Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced a ceasefire agreement Wednesday that would end five decades of bloody conflict while negotiators reach a final peace deal.
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A ceasefire agreement signed between Kiir's government and the rebels in December is intended to revive a 2015 peace deal which lasted less than a year before collapsing.
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Medvedev, on a visit to Armenia, said Russia was ready to continue to act as an intermediary in resolving the conflict and hoped a ceasefire agreement would hold.
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" Asked specifically about Gaza, the official said that "any investment package that comes in there will have to be based on a real, permanent and verifiable ceasefire agreement.
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Polisario, backed by Morocco's regional rival and neighbor Algeria and a number of other African states, wants a referendum promised in the ceasefire agreement on the region's fate.
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MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) - A ceasefire agreement in Syria has been violated 31 times over the past three days, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
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Shelling continues in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk that aims to end the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and the rebels.
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TBILISI, March 30 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday Russia was not complying with a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and the situation had recently worsened.
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Syria's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it accepted the Russian proposal to create de-escalation zones, vowing not to shell these areas in compliance with the December ceasefire agreement.
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This maneuvering is now leading to "general suspicion about Russia in the short term" and questions inside the administration about whether Moscow will fully back the ceasefire agreement.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry continues to abstain from striking those areas in Syria where "the moderate opposition" respects the ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
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Leading Democrats Gil Cisneros — whom the DCCC backs — and Andy Thorburn previously reached what Vigna called a "ceasefire agreement" to stop attacking one another ahead of the primary.
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By firing across the DMZ at the defector, North Korean soldiers violated the Korean War armistice, said the UN Command, which oversees the 64-year-old ceasefire agreement.
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Jerusalem (CNN)Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement late Thursday, ending more than 24 hours of hostilities, according to a diplomatic source with knowledge of the negotiations.
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The Korean War raged from 1950 until 1953, though it ultimately ended with a ceasefire agreement rather than a formal peace treaty, meaning it is still technically ongoing.
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"A ceasefire agreement was reached + signed today to end all hostilities, protect civilians, safeguard public and private property," the U.N. mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he was ready to observe a ceasefire agreement in Syria, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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Russia brokered a ceasefire agreement in 203 which put an end to the fighting and left the region in Armenian hands — though its independence was never officially recognized.
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Russia brokered a ceasefire agreement in 1994 which put an end to the fighting and left the region in Armenian hands — though its independence was never officially recognized.
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As U.S. forces withdrew, Kurdish forces evacuated from the contested border town of Ras al-Ain Sunday as part of a U.S.-brokered temporary ceasefire agreement with Turkey.
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The agreement would mean Moscow using its influence to ground Syria's air force, which has resisted a ceasefire agreement and has continued to bomb civilian areas in the country.
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Russia, which denies the accusation, says Ukraine is not honoring commitments under a ceasefire agreement brokered in Minsk in 2015, including giving a special status to the Donbass region.
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Ukraine and its international backers have lined up to condemn the vote as a sham manipulated by the Russian authorities and in violation of a 2015 Minsk ceasefire agreement.
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The events have left the hard-fought ceasefire brokered by Russia and the US in tatters, although US officials said they believe the ceasefire agreement is still in place.
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A ceasefire agreement entered into force at midnight under a U.S.-Russia plan which the United Nations has called the best hope for peace in the five-year conflict.
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Only three months before Fischer arrived at the Voloveka barracks, Ukraine, Russia, and Western leaders had signed a ceasefire agreement known as Minsk II. Major engagements had become rare.
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Relations between Kiev and Moscow collapsed in 2014 following Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, where fighting continues despite a ceasefire agreement.
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De Mistura compared the apparently stalled political talks on Syria's future, the unraveling ceasefire agreement and the still limited humanitarian relief deliveries to the three legs of a table.
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The Senate's resolution comes on the same day that the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels reached a ceasefire agreement for a key strategic city in Yemen.
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Haftar has "agreed to comply" with the terms of an existing ceasefire agreement aimed to consolidate a current truce between Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) and GNA.
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On July 27, 1953, the ceasefire agreement to the Korean War was signed by representatives from the United Nations, China and North Korea (South Korea refused to sign it).
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A ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk that aims to end the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists has failed to end artillery fighting.
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They included Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who said it is worth continuing the hard work to implement the 2015 Ukraine-Russia ceasefire agreement, known as the Minsk Agreement.
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According to the BBC, "Violence has also soared between Turkish security forces and PKK militants, battling for more autonomy for the Kurds, after a ceasefire agreement broke down in July."
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Ukrainian officials say pro-Russia rebels are violating the terms of a 2015 ceasefire agreement by using weapons expressly banned the Minsk Protocol such as grenade launchers and a tank.
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Relations between Kiev and the Kremlin collapsed in 2014 following Moscow's annexation of Crimea and support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, where fighting continues despite a ceasefire agreement.
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Lavrov said he hoped the discussion might "launch a serious dialogue on the basis of the principles contained in the Russian-American deal," the ceasefire agreement that collapsed last month.
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The United States on Monday broke off talks with Russia about implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under a Sept.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Washington, Moscow and Tehran will press Syrian rebels and government forces to abide by the country's fragile ceasefire agreement, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel spokesman said a Russian-mediated ceasefire agreement in eastern parts of Deraa province includes a withdrawal of government militias from several towns in the south.
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The meeting will present an opportunity, experts say, for Tillerson to clarify the U.S. government's role in implementing a partial ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia, Iran and Turkey.
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MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry continues to abstain from striking those areas in Syria where "the moderate opposition" respects the ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he was ready to observe a ceasefire agreement in Syria, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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In February, the Afghan government announced it would be willing to recognize the Taliban, the Islamist militant group, as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement.
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A spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tweeted that he hoped to see a long-term ceasefire agreement and the start of direct talks between the government and Taliban soon.
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Russia and Turkey, which backs the armed opposition to Assad, brokered the ceasefire agreement in the hope of preparing the way for peace talks in Kazakhstan in the new year.
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GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian officials said an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement was reached with Israel on Monday to end a recent surge of violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.
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In October, Thein Sein's government signed what it called a nationwide ceasefire agreement, but seven of 15 rebel groups invited to participate declined to sign, including some of the most powerful.
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Earlier this month in Oslo, a visibly frustrated Kerry complained that Russia and the Assad regime were violating the February ceasefire agreement and stonewalling the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid.
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Russia's prime minister has warned of a "permanent war" starting in Syria if foreign troops are sent into the civil war-torn country despite the prospective ceasefire agreement secured last night.
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But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — then prime minister — initiated talks with Ocalan, still in his island prison, leading to a 2013 ceasefire agreement, and to a period of relative peace.
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Trump said the next ceasefire agreement would cover a "very rough part of Syria," but offered no additional details on the potential agreement or which countries were involved in the negotiations.
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The ceasefire agreement, brokered by the United States and Russia, has been more widely respected than many expected, though fighting has continued on some important fronts, including near the Turkish border.
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But a few days after signing a ceasefire agreement with the FARC, effectively ending Colombia's 52-year-war against the guerrilla group, he is eager to talk about his military credentials.
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Militants were violating a ceasefire agreement in five Syrian provinces and in eastern Ghouta, Interfax reported, citing Major-General Yuri Yevtushenko, head of the Russian peace and reconciliation centre in Syria.
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The Syrian army said on Thursday that the ceasefire agreement did not cover the radical Islamist group Islamic State, fighters from the former Nusra Front, or any factions linked to them.
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Militants were violating a ceasefire agreement in five Syrian provinces and in eastern Ghouta, Interfax reported, citing Major-General Yuri Yevtushenko, head of the Russian peace and reconciliation center in Syria.
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MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - There is no "plan B" on Syria's ceasefire agreement and will not be one, RIA new agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday.
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A bipartisan group of senators plans to send a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to take action against Turkey if it violates the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's tariff ceasefire agreement over the weekend in Argentina was "a mistake" that undermines the global trading system, an expert told CNBC on Tuesday.
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Shoigu said that US had less than two hours to comply with a ceasefire agreement reached last week between Erdogan and Vice President Mike Pence, a deal that expires at 10 p.m.
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And on Wednesday Turkey's EU Minister Omer Celik denied that a ceasefire agreement had been reached between Turkish-backed rebels and Kurdish rebel groups following reports of clashes, state-run Anadolu reported.
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This area is not part of the [ceasefire] agreement, but does that mean the blood of Syrian civilians is worthless in areas under ISIS control or any other areas across the country?
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De Mistura said a contested highway into eastern Aleppo, Castello Road, had "special status" under the ceasefire agreement, meaning its use would need to be negotiated separately for the delivery of aid.
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In its closing communique, the G7 said a Ukraine ceasefire agreement, struck in Minsk in 2015, had not been fully implemented, adding that Russia was not doing enough to help restore peace.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen will move "full steam ahead" with their plans to impose stiff sanctions on Turkey, despite a temporary ceasefire agreement.
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"Russia's commitment to a ceasefire should not be taken for granted by the other ceasefire agreement signatories," said Alex Kokcharov, a senior Russia analyst at IHS Country Risk, a global consultancy firm.
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ADEN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Friday, residents said, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached by the warring parties.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept.
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Both Assem and Al-Eryani were optimistic that the violence could subside when the UN deploys monitors to the ports in Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.
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"Therefore, the operation carried out against said establishment and troops is legal per the 'right of war,'" said the ELN, which reached a ceasefire agreement with the Colombian government in September 2017.
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She added that she and French President Francois Hollande were working "with all one's strength" to urge Ukraine and Russia to implement the so-called Minsk ceasefire agreement despite all the difficulties.
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The Afghan government announced on February 28 it would be willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group.
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A prior ceasefire agreement with the terror group facilitated the release of more than 105 schoolgirls abducted by the group, Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in a statement.
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A separate rebel group that is not part of the peace process, the ELN, resumed attacks on security targets and oil pipelines after a ceasefire agreement with the government expired in January.
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MOSCOW, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Moscow and Tehran have no differences over the Syria ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia and the United States, RIA news agency quoted Russia's Foreign Ministry as saying on Tuesday.
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Israeli officials believe that Hamas wants to maintain a ceasefire agreement with Israel that has existed since the two sides fought a war in 2014, which claimed 2,300 Palestinian and 74 Israeli lives.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement for Syria is particularly fragile but it remains the only hope to resolve the conflict, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday.
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However, armed groups that the U.N. Security Council has designated terror organizations -- ISIS and al Nusra Front -- would not being included in the talks or be part of any ceasefire agreement, he said.
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"We once again urge Russia to fulfill all of its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement, including the withdrawal of its forces to pre-conflict positions," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.
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Journalists reported hearing artillery in the Kurdish-held Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn into Friday afternoon, one day after a ceasefire agreement was brokered, AP and the New York Times report.
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MOSCOW, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The leaders of the warring sides in Libya will arrive in Moscow on Monday and could sign a ceasefire agreement, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a Russian official.
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After India and Pakistan signed a ceasefire agreement over Kashmir in 2003, Sahni said, India constructed wire fences along the highly-militarized "line of control," significantly cutting down on the flow of illegal migrants.
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ASTANA (Reuters) - Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations held a technical meeting in the Kazakh capital on Monday to discuss the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said.
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Though a ceasefire agreement was signed last year, fighting still breaks out sporadically, as shown in VICE's magazine story on the foreign right-wing nationalists who have come here for a taste of war.
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Republican and Democratic U.S. senators asked President Trump's administration on Wednesday to let them know - and to respond with touch sanctions - if reports are true that Turkey is violating a ceasefire agreement in Syria.
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Khalilzad, a veteran Afghan-American diplomat, said the aim of the deal was to end the war and that it would lead to a reduction in violence, but there was no formal ceasefire agreement.
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Washington had been engaged in on-again, off-again peace talks with the Taliban, according to the AP. A potential ceasefire agreement would allow the US to withdraw all American soldiers from the country.
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)The Afghan government is willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group, President Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday.
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Any ceasefire agreement would be very difficult to enforce as the militant scene is divided into small groups dominated by unemployed youth driven by poverty, who are difficult to control even by their "generals".
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Since then, the U.S., European Union (EU) and a number of other Western countries have imposed tough economic sanctions on Russia in an effort to coerce it to comply with a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine.
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the 18-month-old ceasefire agreement, has reported a "high number" of violations in eastern regions this week.
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ADEN (Reuters) - Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Friday, residents said, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached by the warring parties at U.N.-sponsored peace talks.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Khalifa Haftar's decision to not sign a ceasefire agreement with Libya's internationally recognized government shows who wants war and who wants peace in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There has been some progress in Geneva talks this week among the United States, Russia and other nations trying to achieve a ceasefire agreement in Aleppo, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
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He'll offer a foreign policy message that hews more closely to established US policy, insisting that Russia adhere to the Minsk ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and vowing support for NATO as a bulwark of western security.
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The attack occurred shortly after a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian regime and rebels seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad, which was intended to allow the passage of humanitarian aid, broke down amid renewed fighting.
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New Mon State Party and the Lahu Democratic Union signed the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) after meeting Suu Kyi and the military's commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in the capital Naypyitaw last month.
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The goal is a ceasefire agreement among all factions in Syria, except ISIS and al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front -- two terrorist groups that have taken advantage of Syria's instability to gain traction in the country.
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The Normandy talks led to a ceasefire agreement signed in the Belarus capital Minsk, which ended large-scale fighting in 2015, although deadly exchanges still take place across the truce line dividing government forces from separatists.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is on the verge of suspending talks with Russia on trying to implement a ceasefire agreement to end the violence in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.
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In an opening speech, Suu Kyi urged the gathered rebel representatives to join the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiated by a quasi-civilian transitional government that took office after the end of junta-rule in 2011.
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Instead, Western nations are responding to Saudi aggression by addressing the war in Yemen, ratcheting up pressure on the Crown Prince to enter a ceasefire agreement that will put an end to the three-year conflict.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France expressed concern on Monday over increased violations of a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine between Kiev's forces and pro-Russian separatists and urged both sides to cooperate with international monitors in the area.
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On October 17th an American delegation led by Mike Pence, the vice-president, walked out of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's palace in Ankara with a ceasefire agreement that read like a list of concessions to Turkey.
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"In any event, we hold the Russian government responsible for airstrikes in this space," Rhodes added, saying that it was Moscow's duty under a ceasefire agreement to halt bombings in areas where humanitarian aid was flowing.
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It's probably too soon for people to be optimistic about the latest ceasefire agreement, according to CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson, but "what you have here are the ingredients to reinvigorate the Minsk agreement," he said.
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Kurdish forces leave border town As US forces continued their withdrawal, Kurdish troops belonging to the SDF evacuated from the key border town of Ras al-Ain as part of a US-brokered ceasefire agreement with Turkey.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on cars from around the world, as he did with aluminim and steel last March, but European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker negotiated a "ceasefire agreement" last July.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that Russia has not been a "positive partner" as regards its obligations in the Minsk ceasefire agreement to end a Russian-backed separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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The Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels will sign an indefinite ceasefire agreement on Friday as part of efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people, Norway said.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a telephone conversation that a ceasefire agreement in Syria would not extend to "terrorist groups" including the Islamic State, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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A unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC, has said it will not respect commitments to demobilize made by the rebels' leadership in a permanent ceasefire agreement signed with the government two weeks ago.
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Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Russia is responsible for reining in the Syrian regime and its militia allies, and the United States is likewise responsible for pressuring opposition groups if Russia presents a serious violation.
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BERLIN, Dec 13 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday sanctions against Russia over the crisis in eastern Ukraine would have to be extended because of a lack of progress in implementing the Minsk ceasefire agreement.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will accept a ceasefire agreement with Turkey in northern Syria and do what is necessary to make it work, SDF commander Mazloum Kobani told Ronahi TV on Thursday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on cars from around the world, as he did with aluminum and steel last March, but European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker negotiated a "ceasefire agreement" last July.
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The WFP is now reaching about 10 million Yemenis per month with food aid and hopes to scale up to 12 million this year, but sporadic clashes make Hodeidah and its province unsafe despite the ceasefire agreement.
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A warning from Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his guarded support to the ceasefire agreement, raising the specter of an empowered Hezbollah should the de-escalation zones allow the Syrian regime to capture more territory.
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And [with] Syria, between the US and Russia there was recently the ceasefire agreement in southwestern Syria, that's something Russia can either pull out of, or look to other areas where it can play that spoiler role.
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Jerusalem (CNN)Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the two largest militant factions in Gaza, said Saturday a ceasefire agreement was reached with Israel following a serious spike in fighting between the two sides over the past 24 hours.
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Amman, Jordan (CNN)Russia and Syrian rebel groups have reached an interim ceasefire agreement in Syria's southern province of Daraa after weeks of violence in the area, Free Syrian Army spokesman Ibrahim Jabawi told CNN on Friday.
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ANKARA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Khalifa Haftar's decision to not sign a ceasefire agreement with Libya's internationally recognised government shows who wants war and who wants peace in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.
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He also reiterated that it would be hard to reach any deal without participation of Kurds in talks, while Russia was ready to coordinate its actions with the United States for reaching a ceasefire agreement in Syria.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Thursday to new Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, emphasizing the need to move quickly on reforms and implementing the Minsk ceasefire agreement with Russia, the White House said.
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More than 300 lightly armed IS fighters and about 300 family members were evacuated from Syria's western border with Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement involving the ultra-hardline group, the Syrian army and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told CNN this week that he hoped Saturday's discussion might "launch a serious dialogue on the basis of the principles contained in the Russian-American deal," the ceasefire agreement that collapsed last month.
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"Jaish al-Islam refutes the news disseminated by the Hmeimim (military base) which talks about the inclusion of its forces in al-Rahiba town in east Qalamoun in the ceasefire agreement," it said in a statement, without elaborating.
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Nicolas Rodriguez, known by his war alias Gabino, told the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas to begin their part in a bilateral ceasefire agreement with President Juan Manuel Santos's government starting on Sunday and running through mid-January.
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Officials said they believe the White House was hoping it could have made the now-failed ceasefire agreement work long enough for any policy change to become more involved in Syria to be made by the next administration.
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As part of those negotiations, incentives are being dangled at the Taliban — who skeptics contend currently are winning the war — ranging from recognition as a political party, to the release of some prisoners along with a ceasefire agreement.
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In a phone call with Kerry, Lavrov also proposed that documents related to the Syria ceasefire agreement should be published to avoid "any double meaning" over how the deal should be implemented, the ministry said in a statement.
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The Kremlin said on Friday it was using its influence to try to ensure the Syrian army fully implemented the ceasefire agreement and that it hoped the United States would use its own influence with rebel groups too.
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Even Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a hand in the actions, stating that there would be no easing of the sanctions until Russia meets its obligations under the 2015 Minsk agreement — the ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
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Israel had launched scores of airstrikes on Gaza over the past day, as Hamas militants fired rockets and mortars into its territory, prompting warnings over the risks of escalation amid efforts to achieve a long-term ceasefire agreement.
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While full-scale combat mostly ended in 2015 after France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine sponsored a ceasefire agreement in the Belarus capital Minsk, casualties are still reported on a near daily basis in incidents along the front line.
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Nicolas Rodriguez, known by his war alias Gabino, told the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas to begin their part in a bilateral ceasefire agreement with President Juan Manuel Santos' government starting on Sunday and running through mid-January.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A joint U.S.-Russia pledge on Monday to push Syria's warring parties to stick to a ceasefire agreement must be implemented, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said after the Syrian opposition's supporters met in Paris.
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"We are concerned by the continuing dangerous situation in northeast Syria, that's why we continue to call on the Turkish side to fully implement the provisions of the ceasefire agreement of October 17th," Rayburn told reporters in Geneva.
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Israel reportedly opposes the ceasefire agreement in part of Syria negotiated by Russia and the U.S. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting Sunday that Israel does not support the agreement, Haaretz reported.
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A final communique set out the prisoner exchange and a renewed commitment to implement an existing ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region that has never fully taken hold as well as enhanced powers for international ceasefire monitors.
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In the current one, the regime is reportedly advancing on Eastern Ghouta, an area controlled by Jaysh al-Islam that is supposed to be part of the ceasefire agreement, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
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The ceasefire agreement between the government and rebel forces, who want Assad removed from power, officially came to an end last Monday afternoon despite efforts by the U.S. and Russia, an ally of the Syrian regime, to rescue it.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that both Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists were violating a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine and it would likely be difficult to resolve the crisis in the short term.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations welcomed on Sunday any redeployment of Yemen's Houthi forces away from the port city of Hodeidah, but said this should be independently verified to ensure it is in line with the Stockholm ceasefire agreement.
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Following militant rocket and mortar launches throughout the day countered by Israeli tank fire and air strikes, the pro-Iran Islamic Jihad militant group said a ceasefire agreement was possible, but Israel said reports of a deal were untrue.
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Those reports came on the heels of an Afghan government announcement in February that it would be willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party, as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group.
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Those reports came on the heels of an Afghan government announcement in February that it would be willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group.
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I think the loyalists, and Damascus—the Assad regime—I think they're trying to pay lip service to the ceasefire agreement, because when they launched this offensive, they essentially stated that this was an offensive against the Islamic State.
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"The Secretary-General urges all relevant parties to put an immediate end to the fighting, fully respect the ceasefire agreement and take urgent steps to de-escalate the situation," a U.N. spokesman said in a statement late on Saturday.
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Three years after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and a pro-Russian separatist uprising broke out in eastern Ukraine, there is little sign of a peaceful solution in the east despite a ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk, Belarus.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was concerned that some armed opposition groups in Syria including the powerful insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham have refused to abide by a ceasefire agreement that took effect at sunset.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he hoped a July "ceasefire agreement" with U.S. President Donald Trump to refrain from imposing car tariffs would prevail, but the EU would impose its own tariffs if the U.S. changed course.
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The Karen National Union (KNU), an ethnic armed group, signed a ceasefire agreement with the government in 2012 after 62 years of conflict, which led some refugees to return home - although ethnic armed groups continue to fight in other areas.
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Russia is deliberately attacking civilians in northern Syria in an attempt to intensify the refugee crisis, western diplomats and politicians have warned, in a sign that a fragile ceasefire agreement for the war-ravaged country is crumbling before it begins.
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BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) - Aid deliveries to besieged areas of Syria remain hard to make despite a nearly month-old ceasefire agreement, a Red Cross spokesman said on Wednesday, calling for more regular access to those in need of help.
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Merkel and Poroshenko welcomed a decision by the parties to recommit to a ceasefire agreement signed in 2015 ahead of the Christmas holiday, and both agreed it should lead to a longer-term improvement of the security situation in the region.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it was using its influence to try to ensure the Syrian army fully implemented a shaky ceasefire agreement and that it hoped the United States would use its own influence with rebel groups too.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday and told him that Turkey welcomes a U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement for Syria, the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday played down expectations of an new ceasefire agreement with Russia on Syria following talks in Geneva and urged Moscow to be serious about finding a way to end the conflict.
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The accord was concluded in the Belarus capital Minsk following talks in the trilateral group, whose other members are Russia and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a European security body tasked with monitoring a 2015 ceasefire agreement.
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The draft accord did not include a ceasefire agreement and with violence continuing, Trump announced the cancellation of the Camp David meeting via Twitter after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul killed at least 12 people including a U.S. soldier.
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MOSCOW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army, has left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement drafted at talks in Russia on Monday, the TASS news agency cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Tuesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will also host senior officials of Turkey, Russia, the United States, Britain, China and Italy at the summit, which follows a meeting in Moscow on Monday where Libya's warring parties failed to sign a ceasefire agreement.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host leaders of Turkey, Russia, the United States, Britain, China, France and Italy on Sunday at the summit, which follows a meeting in Moscow on Monday where Libya's warring parties failed to sign a ceasefire agreement.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed a U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement on Syria in a telephone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday and said London was ready to help make it work, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
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While EU leaders have so far backed sanctions until a shaky ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk is fully implemented, U.S. President Donald Trump's promise of warmer ties with Moscow has tested the EU's resolve to remain united.
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Sanctions were imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea in 2014 and role in a pro-Russian uprising in east Ukraine and are continuing as the country is not deemed to be upholding its part of a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.
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That could be seen as a welcome sign that the company is committed to being more proactive in Myanmar — the groups it singled out have clashed with the country's military, displaced thousands of civilians, and refused to sign a ceasefire agreement, Reuters reports.
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The Russian cover letter for the proposal sent to Dunford recommended the United States, Russia and Jordan repurpose a hub designed to monitor a 2017 ceasefire agreement "to form a joint committee to implement the reconstruction and refugee return plan," the memo said.
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In the past week, India and Pakistan have accused each other of regularly violating a ceasefire agreement along the 740-km (460-mile) Line of Control (LoC), which serves as a de-facto border between the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Syria envoy warned on Wednesday of a full-scale battle in the country's southwest, an area covered by a "de-escalation" ceasefire agreement, but President Bashar al-Assad's ambassador said it was the army's duty to fight terrorism anywhere.
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The Russian cover letter for the proposal sent to Dunford recommended the United States, Russia and Jordan repurpose a hub designed to monitor a 2017 ceasefire agreement "to form a joint committee to implement the reconstruction and refugee return plan," the memo said.
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Kokcharov pointed to a ceasefire agreement in Minsk, Ukraine, a year ago that was undermined within six days when "pro-Russian separatists, and, as evidence from multiple sources suggests, regular Russian troops," used the pause to take over a strategic rail hub.
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Three years after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and then backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine in fighting that has seen 10,000 people killed, there is little sign of a peaceful solution despite a ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk.
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Gorka pointed repeatedly to a recent ceasefire agreement in part of Syria that the United States and Russia announced after the meeting between Trump and Putin, citing it as an example of how Russia could re-establish a relationship with the United States.
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MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and the leader of the main opposition party Renamo on Thursday signed a permanent ceasefire agreement, designed to put an end to almost half a century of hostilities that killed over 1 million people at their peak.
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Hug urged the sides to implement decisions already made in the Minsk ceasefire agreement to withdraw heavy weapons from along the 500-kilometre (300 mile) line of conflict and disengage opposing forces, which are often staring at each other just 10 meters apart.
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IDLIB,SYRIA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey cut short their first joint patrol in Syria's Idlib on Sunday after rebels and civilians opposed to a ceasefire agreement cut off a main roadway to block its path, according to witnesses and Russian news agencies.
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Ralph Abraham (R-La.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, traveled to northeastern Syria beginning last week for a multi-day tour, visiting front-line positions where Kurdish forces trade fire daily with Turkish-backed fighters despite an October ceasefire agreement.
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Mattis' visit is the first by a senior administration official since the Afghan government announced on February 28 it would be willing to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party as part of a potential ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group.
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The official added that Hamas is interested in securing a long-term ceasefire agreement for Gaza, referring to recent efforts led by Egypt and the United Nations to secure a new understanding between Israel and Hamas aimed at bringing calm to Gaza.
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The ceasefire agreement will be signed Thursday in the Cuban capital by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, top commander for the FARC, the Spanish acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, according to a statement from the Colombian government.
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Last month, after a brief US and Russian-backed ceasefire agreement fell apart and airstrikes resumed, the secretary of state delivered a blistering address to the UN Security Council, accusing the Assad regime of targeting civilians and Russia of targeting a UN aid convoy.
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Lavrov blames US for ceasefire collapse Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told CNN he hoped that the weekend discussion in Switzerland might "launch a serious dialogue on the basis of the principles contained in the Russian-American deal," the ceasefire agreement that collapsed last month.
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Cross border exchanges of fire have intensified in recent years and India and Pakistan accuse each other of regularly violating a ceasefire agreement along the 740-km (460-mile) Line of Control (LoC), which serves as a de-facto border in the disputed Kashmir region.
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Prior to the vote, Pompeo expressed the administration's opposition to the resolution, calling it "poorly timed" and saying it could curtail diplomatic efforts underway aimed at achieving a ceasefire agreement, adding the US is "on the cusp" of getting the parties to the table.
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Russian and Turkish forces in northern Syria - allies of opposing sides in the civil war but partners in a ceasefire agreement - have been brought closer than ever to direct contact on the ground as the Syrian government presses ahead with its months-long campaign.
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The discussion in the recording occurred only days after the United States and Russia announced a ceasefire agreement in Geneva, an accord that has since collapsed with reports of regime bombing attacks and the positioning of some 10,000 Syrian regime-aligned troops preparing to advance on Aleppo.
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A French diplomatic source added that Ayrault and his German counterpart would discuss Aleppo with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a meeting in Minsk on Tuesday, at which leading European foreign ministers will discuss plans for implementing a ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine.
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They at least put pressure on the conflicting parties to accept the IGAD mediators' proposed peace initiatives, which in addition to the permanent ceasefire agreement include amnesty for rebels, the deployment of regional forces to supervise the accord, and the establishment of a self-monitoring mechanism.
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Aid from Qatar is a key part of multilateral efforts, which also include Egypt and the United Nations, to broker a long-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza militants, which would see Israel loosen its restrictions on Gaza in exchange for a cessation of violence.
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But Haley -- known for delivering blistering remarks at the council, particularly against Russia -- reserved some of her strongest admonitions for her UN colleagues, who she reprimanded for not holding Russia and Syria accountable with a tougher ceasefire agreement and stronger condemnations of Assad and his allies.
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TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite Turkmen fighters in an Iraqi town late on Monday cut the main road from Baghdad to the north for the second day in a row and threatened to undermine a ceasefire agreement reached by military leaders a day earlier.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for an end to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria were better than a week ago, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Syria said on Tuesday, but a permanent ceasefire would depend on both sides meeting the terms of last week's temporary ceasefire agreement.
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Hamas said Wednesday it had reached a ceasefire agreement with Israel to end the biggest outbreak of violence between Palestinians and Israelis since the war in 2014, per the AP. While Israel has not officially recognized the ceasefire, the Gaza-Israel border has gone quiet for now, per Reuters.
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The ceasefire agreement salvages a foreign-policy fiasco in the making for the United States as it sought to halt an invasion that has killed civilians, driven America's former Kurdish allies into the arms of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad and caused the release of hundreds of ISIS prisoners.
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The ceasefire agreement in southern Syria is a welcome respite from the fighting, but it allows Iran and Hezbollah to grow roots in the places they hold, just as the US appears to be stepping back from the post-ISIS phase of the conflict and giving away its own bargaining chips.
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In their scheduled 30-minute meeting, which ended up lasting more than two hours, the two presidents had a lot to unpack: the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which Putin continued to deny, and a precarious ceasefire agreement in southwest Syria, which goes into effect July 9.
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In their scheduled 30-minute meeting, which ended up lasting more than two hours, the two presidents had a lot to unpack: the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which Putin continued to deny, and a precarious ceasefire agreement in southwest Syria, which goes into effect July 9.
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This week, Ukraine's comedian-turned-President Volodymyr Zelensky pointed to the continued occupation of Crimea, and it's unlikely, in any case, that EU leaders will invite Russia to rejoin the G7 without its adherence to the Minsk accords -- the ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine that Russian-backed rebels signed onto in September 2014.
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The US "relayed our regret through the Russian Federation for the unintentional loss of life of Syrian forces fighting ISIL," a senior US official told CNN late Saturday, adding that the US would continue to pursue compliance with the ceasefire agreement while targeting terror groups like ISIS, which are not covered by the truce.
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Russian-led efforts to resolve the six-year civil war in Syria, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions more, come on the heels of a ceasefire agreement brokered with Turkey's help shortly after Bashar Assad's decisive win in the key city of Aleppo, which all but assured the Syrian dictator's presence in any Syrian solution.
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