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by Rouba El Husseini BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Syria’s ceasefire was on the brink of collapsing Sunday, after a US-led coalition strike killed dozens of regime soldiers and Aleppo city was hit by its first air raids in nearly a week. The barrage of strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo risks reigniting battlefronts in the city and could be the most serious threat to the ceasefire so far. A halt to fighting around Aleppo […]
by Karam al-Masri and Maher al-Mounes ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — A US- and Russia-brokered ceasefire dubbed by Washington as maybe the “last chance to save Syria” took effect at sundown on Monday, amid scepticism over how long it would hold. An initial 48-hour truce came into force at 7:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) across Syria except in areas held by jihadists such as the Islamic State group. AFP correspondents in Syria’s devastated second city […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the effects of the unilateral ceasefire with the communist rebels after the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines declared a seven-day ceasefire following the government’s decision to release detained communist leaders. The announcement came ahead of the resumption of peace negotiations with the CPP-National Democratic Front on August 22 set in Oslo, Norway. At least 17 rebel leaders, including Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are […]
by Alexander Grosbois in Havana with Alina Dieste in Bogota HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — The Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a ceasefire and disarmament agreement Thursday, one of the last steps toward ending a half-century conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. The deal puts a definitive end to fighting in Latin America’s longest civil war, which has torn the country apart with shootings and bombardments in its coca-rich jungles and hills. […]
According to the Malacañang, the government has no plans to retaliate against the New People’s Army after said group attacked a military unit in Camarines Sur, which is a violation of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the NPA. Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma added that the government will remain alert to stop NPA’s violent actions especially now that the ceasefire agreement has expired. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the unilateral cease-fire between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) during the holiday season, said ceasefire would take effect on December 23 midnight until January 3 midnight. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the Alert Level 4 remains in the Gaza despite the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine.
In a negotiation in Cairo, Hamas militants are ready to continue their attacks against Israel, making it impossible to extend the ceasefire in Gaza which will end tonight. Hamas militants refuse long-term ceasefire as long as Israel maintains economic blockade in Gaza.
An alarmed United States is poised to take a more active role in imposing a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas.
(Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels. Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, at separate ceremonies marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, both stressed the need to bring peace to Ukraine’s rebellious east. The seven-day ceasefire came under pressure almost as soon at it […]
