Sunday, 14 February 2016

Syria: When is a ceasefire not actually a ceasefire? (Brooklyn Middleton, Al Arabiya)

If you had not followed the conflict in Syria until this point, you could perhaps be forgiven for briefly thinking that the latest news out of Munich regarding a comprehensive ceasefire could possibly result in stopping the bloodshed. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that the latest plan - which calls for a total “cessation of hostilities” to begin next week - is “ambitious.” But the plan does not appear merely ambitious, however, but instead totally unrealistic. Yet again, involved parties have apparently failed to prioritize specific issues that can be immediately addressed and instead have focused efforts on the broad – and, at this stage, likely impossible - goal of implementing a ceasefire.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/14/Syria-When-is-a-ceasefire-not-actually-a-ceasefire-.html

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