| Author (Person) | Rodkiewicz, Witold |
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| Publisher | Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) |
| Series Title | OSW Analyses |
| Series Details | 16.09.16 |
| Publication Date | 16/09/2016 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Abstract: On 9 September 2016 in Geneva, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of State John Kerry signed a package of five documents which provide for a ceasefire between the government forces and the ‘moderate opposition’ in Syria, and then to a common military action by Russia and the United States against the terrorists of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Fateh al-Shams (previously known as Jabhat an-Nusra). Under this agreement, a cease-fire came into force on the evening of 12 September. If it holds for a week, Russian and American military officials will create a joint centre to coordinate air strikes against radical Islamists, after having jointly decided where to draw a line between the territories controlled by them and those controlled by the so-called moderate opposition. The Syrian air force is supposed to be be excluded from the joint Russian/American flight zone. The plan also involves the resumption of negotiations between the opposition and the Assad regime. |
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| Source Link | https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2016-09-16/agreement-between-russia-and-united-states-syria-benefits-moscow |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, Middle East, Russia, United States |
