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Heavy air strikes hit rebel road to Syria’s Aleppo – monitor, rebels

BEIRUT: Air strikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombardment since February, a rebel official and monitors said, jeopardising access to an area where around 300,000 Syrians live.

Truce in Syria’s Aleppo extended for 72 hours

ALEPPO: A temporary truce in the Syrian battleground city of Aleppo was extended for 72 hours from 00:01 Saturday, as clashes raged further south.

Truce takes hold in Aleppo but fighting goes on elsewhere in Syria

AMMAN: A cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Russia and the United States brought a measure of relief to the battered Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday but President Bashar al-Assad said he still sought a total, crushing victory over rebel forces.

Kerry warns Syria’s Assad of ‘repercussions’ if truce fails

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of "repercussions" if he does not stick to a ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States and move forward with a political transition aimed at ending Syria's war.

Kerry aims to extend truce to Syria’s Aleppo as ceasefire unravels

AMMAN/GENEVA: Washington and Moscow said on Monday they were working hard to extend a truce in Syria to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has left a ceasefire in tatters and torpedoed peace talks.

Syria rebels say government mobilizes despite truce

BEIRUT/PARIS/LONDON: A major Syrian insurgent group said on Friday the government was mobilizing forces to capture more territory, and a ceasefire was not possible while Damascus and its allies kept up attacks, signaling risks to an agreement that has slowed fighting.

Syria truce offers glimpses of normality

AMMAN: In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peace will take hold.

Syrian opposition says government wrecking truce deal

BEIRUT/GENEVA: A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that a fragile international attempt to halt nearly five years of fighting was in danger of total collapse because of attacks by government forces.

Truce halts most Syria fighting; Russia stops flights

BEIRUT: Fighting mostly stopped across western and northern Syria on Saturday and Russia halted its air raids, under a cessation of hostilities which the United Nations called the best hope for peace since civil war began five years ago.

Syria’s Assad says he is ready for truce if ‘terrorists’ do not exploit it

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire, on condition "terrorists" did not use a lull in fighting to their advantage and that countries backing insurgents halted support for them.

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen after truce expires

ADEN/RIYADH: Saudi-led forces resumed military operations in Yemen after a five-day ceasefire ended late on Sunday, and Yemen's foreign minister blamed the Iranian-backed Houthis for failure to renew the truce.

Fighting continues in Yemeni city despite truce, 10 killed

ADEN: At least 10 people were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen on Friday despite a five-day humanitarian truce, while aid distribution to the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes continued.

Yemen aid starts to flow as truce mostly holds

RIYADH: Relief agencies on Thursday used a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen to expand aid distribution to some of the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes.

Yemen truce broadly holds, but reports of violations

CAIRO/ADEN: A five-day truce in Yemen appeared to be broadly holding on Wednesday, despite reports of air strikes overnight by Saudi-led forces and continued military activity by the country's dominant Iranian-allied Houthi group.

Air strikes hit Yemen capital, U.N. envoy arrives hours before truce

CAIRO: Saudi-led air strikes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday and the new United Nations envoy to the country arrived there hours before a five-day ceasefire after over six weeks of war was set to begin.

Houthis accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia

CAIRO: Iranian-allied Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted on Sunday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by adversary Saudi Arabia but warned they would respond to any violations.

Saudi-led coalition vows to hit Yemen’s Houthis despite truce offer

RIYADH/CAIRO: Saudi-led forces said on Thursday they would respond harshly against Yemen's Houthi rebels following attacks on citizens in border areas, hours after the kingdom offered a five-day humanitarian truce if the Shi'ite militia stopped fighting.

Saudi Arabia says considering five-day Yemen truce

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia proposed a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen on Thursday after weeks of air strikes and fighting, but said a ceasefire depended on the Houthi militia and its allies also agreeing to lay down arms, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said.

Ukraine military says rebels using truce to regroup

KIEV: Ukraine's military said on Sunday a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist territories overnight, but warned that pro-Russian rebels were using the truce to regroup for new attacks on government positions.

Ukraine rebels say they withdrawing weapons; Kiev doubtful

DONETSK/KIEV: Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they had begun pulling heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to reinforce for another advance.
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