Posted on 09/19/2016 11:43:47 AM PDT by Nachum
Syria’s armed forces on Monday announced an end to a week-long ceasefire in the war-torn country brokered by the United States and Russia, blaming opposition groups battling to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad for its failure.
“Syria’s army announces the end of the freeze on fighting that began at 7:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) on September 12, 2016 in accordance with the US-Russia agreement,” the statement carried by state news agency SANA said.
It said rebel groups “did not commit to a single element” of the deal.
After months of negotiations, the United States and Russia agreed on September 9 to call for a ceasefire, the delivery of aid and the joint targeting of Islamist rebels in Syria.
The ceasefire ran into trouble at the weekend when rebel-held districts of Aleppo came under a barrage of air strikes and the US-led coalition killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in an attack that Washington said was unintentional.
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So, in the space of a week we “accidentally” conducted a bombing raid that bailed out ISIS tremendously by killing Syrian forces and we also “accidentally” gave citizenship to 800 suspected islamist extremists. People are really buying this sh**?
So in reality, Øbama and Kerry broke the agreement.
“...unintentional”? I guess just like the FBI found that hILLary’s illegal acts were “unintentional”.
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