Associated Press
| Oct 24, 2012
Though the UN envoy to Syria announced a four-day ceasefire marking the Muslim Eid holiday beginning Friday, the agreement still awaits official confirmation from the government, and it's not clear where all the opposition factions stand.
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 24, 2012
A prominent Sunni sheikh has been killed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The death of Khaled al-Baradei follows five days of street battles that have killed at least 17 people. The fighting is between supporters of Syrian President Basha...
Al Jazeera English
| Jul 12, 2012
Syrian government troops using artillery and attack helicopters have killed more than 150 people in the village of Tremseh in the central region of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has told the AFP news agency. "Government troops bom...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jul 9, 2012
UN and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan said on Monday that he has agreed a plan with President Bashar al-Assad to end the violence in Syria.
Al Jazeera English
| Jun 28, 2012
In the face of the ongoing violence in Syria, Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy, is pushing yet another plan to try to end the fighting. A UN conference this weekend is expected to discuss a proposal for a unity government. B...
Al Jazeera English
| Jun 14, 2012
The road to al-Haffah, once a town of 24,000 people and popular with tourists, is now empty with most of the people gone. Left are burnt-out cars, bombed buildings, and, according to the United Nations observers, a stench of dead bodies. The UN h...
Associated Press
| Jun 5, 2012
Syria barred a string of US and European diplomats Tuesday, saying they were "no longer welcome" as the country plunged into its most profound international isolation in decades. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, "In almost every resp...
— Apr 12, 2012 at 07:12 pm
...picturing Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is displayed for sale in Damascus on April 12, 2012, as a UN-backed ceasefire went into effect.(Louai...
— Jun 4, 2012 at 07:18 pm
...of anti-government groups. Earlier the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a UK-based group, said at least 80 soldiers had been killed in clashe...
— Aug 18, 2012 at 11:18 am
A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be declared as part of a formal treaty, but they have also been called as part of an informal understanding between opposing forces. An armistice is a formal agreement to end fighting. For example : Peeta Mallark gives a ceasefire in the Hunger Games between the twelve districts and the Capitol.
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