WORLD_ Syria crisis: regime 'accepts ceasefire' – Wednesday 24 October 2012

Syria crisis: regime 'accepts ceasefire' – Wednesday 24 October 2012


• Syrian government delays confirming truce deal
• Envoy Brahimi briefs UN security council
• Dire situation reported in Bani Walid, Libya

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Brian Whitaker
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 October 2012 09.35 BST
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A rebel fighter surveys destruction in the Salaheddin district of Aleppo. Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images


16:13 BST Summary


Today's main news is that international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says he has agreement from the Syrian government on a ceasefire for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha which begins on Friday.

Brahimi also says "most" of the anti-Assad fighting groups that he has been able to contact agree on "the principle" of a ceasefire.

The Syrian government has yet to confirm its agreement, and there have been widespread doubts as to whether a ceasefire can take hold or be sustained.

The rebels' Joint Military Command says it is waiting for an announcement from the Syrian government (expected tomorrow) before making its own announcement.

Jabhat al-Nusra, the jihadist group, has reportedly said it rejects a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, Brahimi has briefed the UN security council and called for its support.

Other Syria-related news:

• At least 20 people are reported to have died when Syrian artillery gunners shelled a bread bakery full of workers and customers in Aleppo on Tuesday.
• Government aircraft attacked Maaret al-Numan and the village of Mar Shamsheh yesterday, as troops and rebels battled over a nearby Syrian military camp that has been under siege for days, AP reports citing the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
• Syrian rebels have acquired portable surface-to-air missiles including US-made Stingers, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's senior general as saying today.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/oct/24/syria-bashar-al-assad-live




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