The US and Russia have agreed terms for a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria from February 27, in a move to stem the spiralling violence in a civil war into which several foreign powers have been drawn.
The ceasefire plan does not include Isis or al-Qaeda’s Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra, and leaves open the option for other groups to be excluded if they are deemed “terrorist” organisations by the UN Security Council.
Moscow and Washington, who back rival sides in the conflict, called on other parties to declare their acceptance of the plan by midday, Damascus time, on Friday, February 26.
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