Tag: Truce
Food is a weapon: fight over Yemen granary tests truce
HODEIDA: Gunshots reverberate through a battle-scarred granary in the port city of Hodeida, where a mountain of grain meant for starving Yemenis remains inaccessible...
Exiled Hamas leaders enter Gaza to discuss truce with Israel
GAZA CITY: Gaza's ruling Hamas says exiled members of its decision-making political bureau have entered the territory for high-level discussions about an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire...
Syria govt, Opp accept US-Russia proposed truce
The Syrian government and the main umbrella for Syrian opposition and rebel groups announced on Tuesday they both conditionally accept a proposed U.S.-Russian cease...
Ukraine truce takes hold as West lines up Russia sanctions
Ukraine and pro-Kremlin insurgents appeared to be observing a truce on Saturday that could stem five months of bloodshed but still failed to head...
Clerics urge TTP, government to call a truce
Prominent clerics from the Deoband school of thought have urged the government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to declare ceasefire in the name of...
India-Pakistan truce takes hold in Kashmir
A ceasefire took hold on Thursday in disputed Kashmir after the Indian and Pakistani armies agreed to halt deadly cross-border firing that had threatened...
Taliban truce offer unacceptable: Malik
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Taliban's offer of conditional truce unacceptable adding that Taliban groups can not dictate the state.
“Taliban leader Ismatullah...
Syria truce ‘violated’ as clashes erupt at base: watchdog
Fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian regime forces broke out Friday around a military base near the northern town of Maaret al-Numan in the...
Gaza calm as truce deal takes hold
Calm returned to Gaza on Thursday as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold after a bloody 24 hours of violence that left...
Skies quiet over Gaza as truce deal takes hold
The skies over Gaza were quiet Thursday as an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas took hold after a spurt of violence left four...
Peace envoy says Damascus, most rebels agree to truce
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday that Syria and "most" rebel chiefs have agreed to a truce during this week's Muslim holiday, boosting hopes...
Syria violence rages despite UN truce hopes
Deadly clashes in Syria showed no signs of easing on Tuesday, even as the United Nations said it has plans to assemble a peacekeeping...
Russia joins Syria truce calls as fighting rages
Russia has added its voice to growing calls for a humanitarian truce in Syria, a move hailed by the US after deadly clashes rocked...
Three civilians shot dead in Sanaa despite truce
Artillery fire and shelling rocked Yemen’s capital despite a truce aimed at ending fighting between rival military units and deadly attacks on anti-regime protesters...
PKK announces three-day truce with Turkey
A Kurdish separatist group announced a three-day ceasefire with Turkey on Monday, a spokesman for the rebels said, after several days of Turkish air...
Israel targets Islamic Jihad as truce unravels
A days-old truce announced by Gaza militants appeared to be fast unravelling on Thursday after 24 hours of air strikes left six Gazans dead...
Yemen truce ends with blasts, stokes civil war worries
Street fighting raged across the Yemeni capital on Tuesday after a tenuous truce broke down between tribal groups and forces loyal to President Ali...
