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BEIRUT: A nationwide ceasefire in Syria brokered by the United States and Russia came into effect at 7pm 1600 GMT on Monday, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-yearlong civil war. HT Image The Syrian Army said a seven-day regime of calm would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by armed groups . Rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad have yet to publicly declare whether they will respect the ceasefire, but rebel sources have indicated they will. Russia is a major backer of Assad, while the United States supports some of the rebel groups fighting to topple him, as does Turkey, which has stated its support for the agreement. The agreements initial aims include allowing humanitarian access and joint US-Russian targeting of jihadist groups, which are not covered by the agreement. These include Islamic State and al Qaedas former S stanley cup yria branch, known as the Nusra Front until it changed its name and cut ties to al-Qaeda in July. In a gesture loaded with symbolism, state television showed Assad visiting Daraya, a Damascus suburb long held by rebels but recaptured last month after fighters there surrendered in the face of a crushing siege. The Syrian stanley cup leader performed Muslim holiday prayers alongside other officials in a bare hall in a Daraya mosque. The Syrian state is determined to recover every area from the terrorists, Assad sa stanley cup id in an int Ixgr US: Woman wakes up, finds intruder asleep in home
Police fired tear gas and bullets in the air to break up a protest by Pakistani cyclone victims on Friday as rescuers battled more bad weather to get aid to 1.1 million people. HT Image Around 1,000 people marched on the local government office in the flood-hit southwestern town of Turbat to demand hel stanley cup p, saying they had received no relief goods since Cyclone Yemyin struck o yeezy n Tuesday. Our homes have been destroyed, there has been no drinking water and no food for the last four days, Ghulam Jan, 27, a farmer from a nearby village, told AFP during the protest. No government official or agency is helping us. We have no place to go, there is water everywhere, Jan said. Six people were injured in the protest, including the local police chief, officials said. Most of Turbat was submerged and people sat on the roofs of their huts and mosques. After days of braving the rain they now faced blazing heat after the clouds finally cleared. But helicopters bearing aid were again grounded because of continuing downpours in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, some 550 kilometres 330 miles to the northwest, where they are based, aid officials said. Khuda Bakhsh Baloch, the Baluc hoka histan provincial relief commissioner, said that 1.1 million people were now known to have been affected by the cyclone and subsequent floods after figures from another district came in. Around 250,000 of them are homeless, while at least 21 have died and officials say the death toll is likely
BEIRUT: A nationwide ceasefire in Syria brokered by the United States and Russia came into effect at 7pm 1600 GMT on Monday, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-yearlong civil war. HT Image The Syrian Army said a seven-day regime of calm would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by armed groups . Rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad have yet to publicly declare whether they will respect the ceasefire, but rebel sources have indicated they will. Russia is a major backer of Assad, while the United States supports some of the rebel groups fighting to topple him, as does Turkey, which has stated its support for the agreement. The agreements initial aims include allowing humanitarian access and joint US-Russian targeting of jihadist groups, which are not covered by the agreement. These include Islamic State and al Qaedas former S stanley cup yria branch, known as the Nusra Front until it changed its name and cut ties to al-Qaeda in July. In a gesture loaded with symbolism, state television showed Assad visiting Daraya, a Damascus suburb long held by rebels but recaptured last month after fighters there surrendered in the face of a crushing siege. The Syrian stanley cup leader performed Muslim holiday prayers alongside other officials in a bare hall in a Daraya mosque. The Syrian state is determined to recover every area from the terrorists, Assad sa stanley cup id in an int Ixgr US: Woman wakes up, finds intruder asleep in home
Police fired tear gas and bullets in the air to break up a protest by Pakistani cyclone victims on Friday as rescuers battled more bad weather to get aid to 1.1 million people. HT Image Around 1,000 people marched on the local government office in the flood-hit southwestern town of Turbat to demand hel stanley cup p, saying they had received no relief goods since Cyclone Yemyin struck o yeezy n Tuesday. Our homes have been destroyed, there has been no drinking water and no food for the last four days, Ghulam Jan, 27, a farmer from a nearby village, told AFP during the protest. No government official or agency is helping us. We have no place to go, there is water everywhere, Jan said. Six people were injured in the protest, including the local police chief, officials said. Most of Turbat was submerged and people sat on the roofs of their huts and mosques. After days of braving the rain they now faced blazing heat after the clouds finally cleared. But helicopters bearing aid were again grounded because of continuing downpours in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, some 550 kilometres 330 miles to the northwest, where they are based, aid officials said. Khuda Bakhsh Baloch, the Baluc hoka histan provincial relief commissioner, said that 1.1 million people were now known to have been affected by the cyclone and subsequent floods after figures from another district came in. Around 250,000 of them are homeless, while at least 21 have died and officials say the death toll is likely