Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar al-Assad’s
government and many of his enemies, fighting should cease so aid can
reach civilians and talks can open to end a war that has killed more
than 250,000 people and made 11 million homeless.
The truce is the culmination of new diplomatic efforts that reflect a
battlefield dramatically changed since Russia joined the war in
September with air strikes to prop up Assad. Moscow’s intervention
effectively destroyed the hope his enemies have maintained for five
years — encouraged by Arab and Western states — to topple him by force.
The fragile agreement is the first of its kind to be attempted in
four years and, if it holds, would be the most successful truce of the
war so far.Read more
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