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People wave a flag of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah as the group's ambulance convoy drives past, carrying bodies of fighters killed in week-long clashes in the Jurud Arsal border region, as part of a ceasefire deal. (AFP/Stringer)
July 30, 2017, 4:38 pm
Hezbollah, Al-Nusra exchange bodies in Syria-Lebanon border truce
Ceasefire ends six days of a Hezbollah-led assault on jihadists on restive Lebanon-Syria border
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustration: A video released by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow shows a Russian warplane unloading its weapons over a Syrian target, August 10, 2016. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
July 11, 2017, 2:56 pm
Rebels say they downed Syrian warplane near ceasefire zone
Truce that came into effect Sunday has brought relative quiet to most provinces, but outbreaks of violence have been reported
By AFP
A tractor removes rubble as the Syrian government starts to clean up areas formerly held by opposition forces in the northern city of Aleppo on December 27, 2016, in the Shaar district. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
December 30, 2016, 12:54 am
Guns quiet across Syria as breakthrough truce takes effect
Ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey begins with Damascus calling the move a 'real opportunity' for a settlement after almost six years of fighting
By Agencies
This Thursday Sept. 1, 2016 file photo, provided by the Syria Press Center (SPC), an anti-government media group, shows civilians leaving the town of Suran, in Hama province, Syria. (Syria Press Center via AP, File)
September 16, 2016, 5:54 am
Syrian military begins to withdraw from vital Aleppo road
As UN accuses Assad regime of blocking aid convoys, Russian troops prepare to secure their access to war-ravaged city
By Jamey Keaten and PHILIP ISSA
Syrian pro-regime fighters walk in a bombed-out steet in Ramussa on September 9, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN)
September 13, 2016, 6:46 am
Syria’s ‘last chance’ ceasefire enters first tenuous day
Hours after truce sponsored by US and Russia takes effect, sources on the ground say fighting appears to have stopped on nearly all fronts
By Karam al-Masri and Maher Al Mounes
A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) sits near smoke billowing on the front-line, which they use to take cover, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on September 5, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-Doumy)
September 12, 2016, 7:23 pm
Syria ceasefire comes into effect under US-Russia deal
Moscow says it will 'continue to carry out strikes against terrorist targets' as 48-hour truce begins
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during an interview in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (AFP/Joseph Eid)
February 23, 2016, 12:14 am
Syria’s Assad sets April 13 parliamentary elections
As US, Russia announce ceasefire, president issues decree which includes seat allocations for all provinces in war-torn country
By AFP
Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz (right) shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj at Pakistan's foreign ministry in Islamabad on December 9, 2015, ahead of talks. (AFPAamir Qureshi)
December 9, 2015, 7:44 pm
India and Pakistan agree to high-level peace talks
Breakthrough raises hopes for a thaw in relations between nuclear powers that have clashed over territorial disputes
By AFP
Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on January 20, 2012 (AP)
August 27, 2015, 1:25 pm
Syria regime, rebels agree to new truce in three towns
Two-day ceasefire starts in Zabadani, Fuaa and Kafraya as negotiations between the sides continue
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (center) meeting in Cairo, on February 23, 2012 (photo credit: Mohammed Al-Hums/Flash90)
August 18, 2015, 10:31 pm
PA accuses Hamas of holding ‘Gaza split’ talks with Israel
Despite Israeli denial, PA says Israel and Hamas on verge of truce that would end siege on Gaza, ease maritime restrictions
By AFP
Palestinians gather at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, as they await permission to enter Egypt, June 12, 2015. (Flash90/Aaed Tayeh)
August 17, 2015, 11:32 pm
Egypt opens border with Gaza for first time in 2 months
Director of crossing says 20,000 people applied to leave Strip, as border point opens for four days in both directions
By AP
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh delivers a speech in front of portraits of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini (left), and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right), at a rally in Tehran, February 11, 2012. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 17, 2015, 8:29 pm
Israel denies holding truce talks with Hamas
PMO: 'There have been no meetings with Hamas, not directly, not through another country and not through intermediaries'
By TOI staff
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks in Doha, Qatar, August 28, 2014 (AP/Osama Faisal)
August 16, 2015, 4:51 pm
‘Hamas-Israel deal imminent,’ to the dismay of Palestinian factions
Long-term ceasefire between Hamas and Israel would tear Gaza away from West Bank for good, claims Palestinian communist party official
By Elhanan Miller
A Yemeni man sits on the rubble as people search for suvivors in houses destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike on a residential area in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on May 1, 2015. (AFP/MOHAMMED HUWAIS)
July 11, 2015, 11:26 pm
Yemen’s UN humanitarian ceasefire fails to hold
Six-day truce broken within hours; NGOs say 80% of country needs aid, with 13 million facing food shortages
By Jamal al-Jabiri and Fawaz al-Haidari
Hamas members patrol an area 300 meters from the Israeli border with Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where a road is being paved, on June 03, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB
June 22, 2015, 6:36 am
Israel, Hamas in unspoken alliance against Gaza jihadists
Though both sides currently have an interest in keeping the calm, an Israeli military analyst warns things could turn around 'in a second'
By Fares Akram
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