U.S., Russia and other powers agree on ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria’s civil war

washington post ^ | 02/11/2016 | Karen DeYoung

[BenLurkin]

The United States, Russia and other powers have reached agreement on a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria's civil war that allows for immediate humanitarian access to besieged areas, Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced here early Friday morning.

The end of hostilities, which Kerry avoided calling a cease-fire, is scheduled to go into effect "in one week’s time," Kerry said. Humanitarian access to towns and cities in Syria where food and medical supplies have been blocked, sometimes for months, is to begin immediately.

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The plan, drafted by United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, in consultation with Kerry and the Syrian opposition, assumes that Assad’s government, which is not represented here, would be pressed by Russia to agree. Parties to the talks said that the first relief drops could occur as early as this weekend

[InterceptPoint]

Russia 1
Obama 0

[laplata]

Anything Kerry and Obama are involved in will be a disaster, as always.

[ctdonath2]

I’m all for humanitarian aid - so long as the recipients get the messages “STOP PUTTING UP WITH IDIOTS WHO START THIS SH!T” and “demand your natural [negative] rights to speech, arms, religion, association, privacy, etc a la BoR” and “we’re helping you now, but it’s not going to last long - get your act together pronto”.

[DoughtyOne]

[DoughtyOne]

Putin +5

Obama -20

[Thibodeaux]

let the slaughter begin

it’s open season on do gooders in syria

[the_Watchman]

I wonder how much we paid for that?!

[MarvinStinson]

The UN and the US come running to the aid of ISIS
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The plan, drafted by United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, in consultation with Kerry and the Syrian opposition, assumes that Assads government, which is not represented here, would be pressed by Russia to agree. Parties to the talks said that the first relief drops could occur as early as this weekend

[BenLurkin]

Yup. Exactly.

I don’t understand why the Russians agreed to this.

[McCarthysGhost]

Isis must be loosing

[Joe Boucher]

Come on Turkey, time to shoot down another russian military jet or maybe a russian civilian jet.

[SunkenCiv]

The plan, drafted by United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, in consultation with Kerry and the Syrian opposition, assumes that Assad's government, which is not represented here, would be pressed by Russia to agree.

Well, get the Nobel Peace Prize and champagne ready!!!