Turkey hails US-Russian deal on Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the truce, reached late on Friday, would come into force on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. But if Russian Federation acquiesces to Syrian government violations or breaks the deal itself by hitting USA -backed rebels, the only recourse the United States may have is to abandon the cease-fire scheduled to start at sundown Monday and the military cooperation arrangement supposed to take effect seven days thereafter.

Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russian Federation hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria’s peace process back on track.

He said the accord would also prevent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s air force from flying combat missions anywhere the opposition is present, calling this provision the “bedrock of the agreement”.

In return, the United States is to persuade the opposition groups it has been supporting to separate themselves from the Nusra forces. -Russian military cooperation in the fight against terrorism at the center of the effort to end Syria’s war.

Syrians search for victims at the scene of a reported air strike on the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on September 10, 2016.

Saturday’s deal to renew a nationwide truce in Syria, open aid routes and establish a U.S. The LCC said the airstrikes were carried out by Russian warplanes, adding that they left a number of civilians dead or wounded.

Mr Lavrov said, “The Syrian government has been informed of these arrangements and is ready to fulfil them”.

The violence shows that it might be hard to implement the U.S. -Russia agreement as both countries enjoy limited influence on the government and insurgent groups to cease the bombardment.

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, which is taking part in Syria’s civil war, says it supports the cease-fire but vows to continue fighting against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida’s affiliate.

GENEVA The United States and Russian Federation working in lockstep against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria.

The army and pro-government militias pushed from the city’s the Ramousah area towards rebel pockets in the Amriyah district, both sides said.

“We must go after these terrorists”, Kerry said.

If there is “reduced violence” for seven consecutive days in the country and sufficient humanitarian aid is allowed into Aleppo “the two main events of this agreement start to take effect”, said a senior State Department official.

But Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS), one of the most powerful groups fighting against President Bashar al-Assad, told The Associated Press news agency that if they were hit by Russians and Americans, they would retaliate. Syria’s mainstream political opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said it had not received a copy of the deal and would only react after consulting members.

The success of the deal will depend, however, on the extent to which both parties can influence their allies on the ground in Syria to comply with its terms.

Now, the two powers are lining up in an unexpected new military partnership targeting IS and al-Qaida-linked militants, while trying to prod Assad and opposition groups to end a civil war that has killed up to 500,000 people and displaced millions.

Both warring sides would pull back from the strategic Castello Road in Aleppo to create a demilitarised zone, while opposition rebels and government groups would both have to provide safe and unhindered access via Ramouseh in the south of the city.