VIDEO: Syrian Democratic Kurds Welcome Ceasefire Agreement by Russia, US

Thu Sep 15, 2016 18:10:48

The democratic self-administration in northeast Syria has welcomed the cease-fire in the country brokered by the United States and Russia.

Rezan Kallou, Head of the Self-administration and Defense Committee in Qamishli, said on Wednesday the ceasefire is “supported by all our forces on the ground and by us as a defense committee.”

Residents of Qamishli also welcomed the truce and expressed hopes that it would last.

The cease-fire deal was reached over the weekend after marathon negotiations between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Underscoring the complexity of the new arrangement, the deal was not made public in its entirety even as it came into effect.

By late Wednesday, there were no reports of major violations of the agreement, which calls on all parties to hold their fire, allowing only for airstrikes against the extremist Islamic State (ISIS / Daesh / ISIL) terrorist group and al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, which has changed its name from Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.

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