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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Russia calls for 3-day truce in Damascus suburbs
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Russian military says it has called for a 72-hour ceasefire in Syria between government and opposition forces in two Damascus suburbs.
In a statement issued late Monday, Lt. Gen. Sergei Kuralenko says this would allow Russian war planes to carry out airstrikes against the Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.
Kuralenko, who heads the Russian center monitoring joint efforts with the United States to curb the fighting, says the Russians have called for a “regime of silence” in Eastern Ghouta and Darayya starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
He says Moscow urges “all parties concerned to stop offensive operations and shooting and to distance themselves from the regions controlled by” the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
— AP
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