Sentences with phrase «lasting ceasefire»

Russian warships heading for Syria could be used to target civilians in the besieged city of Aleppo, NATO Secretary - General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Tuesday, calling on Moscow to implement a lasting ceasefire.

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«We can only hope this attack will serve as a wake - up call to leaders to salvage what's left of last week's ceasefire deal and redouble their efforts.»

Since the Syrian army launched an offensive starting late last week (when the ceasefire ended), dozens of airstrikes have hit the rebel - held city of Aleppo city in Syria.

Last night there was a last - minute bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ceasefire, while 150 rockets were fired back at IsrLast night there was a last - minute bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ceasefire, while 150 rockets were fired back at Isrlast - minute bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ceasefire, while 150 rockets were fired back at Israel.

A fragile ceasefire hangs over Yemen, where a bloody and destructive civil war has been fought for the last twelve months.

I pay tribute today to Egypt and the United States and to the UN secretary general for their role in bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza, and we now need to build on it to bring about a lasting peace, including an end to the smuggling of weapons and the opening up of Gaza for trade as well as for aid.

Meanwhile, the Urhobo Monitoring and Development Group, has hailed the ceasefire, calling on the Federal Government to key into the window and dialogue with all militant groups and the people of the region for a lasting peace.

It is unclear how long the ceasefire will last.

We are also committed to lasting change in Gaza, though we recognise that reconstruction and growth can not happen until we have a durable ceasefire.»

Mr Alexander explained that the UK wanted the temporary unilateral ceasefire, put under strain by exchanges of missile fire earlier today, into a lasting peace.

Effectively ending Labour's decade - long ceasefire on class - based political rhetoric, Miss Harman last year declared that social class is the «over-arching» inequality in Britain today.

Any act of insurgency tht lasts more than 48 hours in any country, d government of d day has a hand in it... This is d 1st country on earth tht «ll b begging 2 v a ceasefire agreement «th terrorists tht r being overwhelmed by d country's Armed Forces..

The fighting flared - up again last week after Hamas violated the previous ceasefire by firing rockets into Israel.

World World leaders announced a new ceasefire and agreement to end the conflict in Ukraine with a heavy dose of caution, since a similar agreement last September was largely ignored.

If international media wanted to provide their readers with real and useful information, they could report on a joint statistical analysis performed by the University of Tel Aviv, MIT and a Harvard graduate student that demonstrates that 79 % of all ceasefires were violated by Israel, 8 % by Palestinians and 13 % by both sides on the same day; and that of twenty - five ceasefires lasting longer than a week Israel violated twenty - four; and that Israel violated all fourteen ceasefires that lasted longer than nine days.1

After 8 years a ceasefire was achieved in 1999 and UN troops arrived to police the agreement, but the peace did not last and UN forces came under attack with several hundred UN troops abducted in 2000 - British forces mounted an operation to rescue the hostages and the rebel leader was captured.

The ceasefire, after so many decades of war, is a very positive development that has the real and increasing possibility of being a lasting peace.