The ink hasn’t even dried on the recent ceasefire agreement and Western-backed rebel factions and monitors from Russia have recorded several violations. While violence has been largely reduced, this first-of-its-kind agreement apparently hasn’t been able to completely prevent factions from taking pot-shots at each other – both on and off the field of battle.
Opposition groups claim that they were bombed by planes believed to be Russian (Russia claimed that it would stop all flights in Syria for that one day), while Russian monitors believe that nine violations of the ceasefire occurred in one day; six allegedly occurred in “moderate” rebel strongholds. Russia also noted that 100 fighters allegedly traveled from Turkey and joined 150 other militants who went on to attack the Kurdish town of Tell Abyad while supported by Turkish artillery fire.
ISIS and al Nusra are not covered by the ceasefire, and Russia and Syria declared that they will continue bombing them. The rebels claim this will be used as an excuse to strike rebel positions, though in the meantime the Syrian government claims it is under attack by al Nusra “terrorist groups,” which are allegedly shelling rural Latakia.
Spokesman for the opposition’s High Negotiating Committee Salim al-Muslat claimed that Russia and Hezbollah had violated the ceasefire at least 15 times, though he did not provide details. He also admitted it is a nigh-impossible task to monitor the ceasefire – there is no map demarcating the territories of the numerous factions.
“This really worries us because we don’t know how to deal with any violations and what are the areas that should not be targeted,” he said.
Basically, ISIS is apparently targeted by everybody. However, nobody can agree on who, or where exactly ISIS is anymore. At least Syrian citizens don’t get shot at (as much) for now.
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You should be very carefull with the manipulation of the information. Because this cease fire is really welcome for the SAA. But is really a nightmare for Turkey and UAE, because they support terrorism in Siria for their own interests. Therefore, it is a really simple reasoning that makes us understand, who’s interested in breaking the cease fire and who’s not.