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Russia says talks to extend Syrian lull in fighting to Aleppo
MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western parts of the country, a sign of intensified efforts to halt a surge of violence in Syria´s former commercial capital.
The United States said stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo, which has been at the centre of an escalation of violence that has all but destroyed a wider ceasefire deal and broke up peace talks in Geneva, was a top priority. Nearly 10 days of bombardments by both the government side and insurgents in the city of Aleppo has killed more than 250 people, a monitoring group said, confounding hopes of an end to five years of war. Rebels shelled at least one area of the city on Sunday and government warplanes raided its outskirts, but bombardments were fewer, the monitoring group said. Moscow and Washington brokered the Feb. 27 ceasefire deal, which applied to western Syria but excluded al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters. World powers and the United Nations have been trying to salvage that truce. Syria´s army an**unced late on Friday a "regime of calm", or lull in fighting, which applied to Damascus and some of its outskirts, and parts of **rthwestern coastal province Latakia. But it excluded Aleppo.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Geneva on Sunday for discussions on Syria with the United Nations and his Jordanian and Saudi counterparts, said a ceasefire was needed throughout Syria and hoped to be able to reaffirm the cessation of hostilities after talks in Geneva. A senior defence ministry official in Moscow, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said on Sunday negotiations were taking place to "establish a regime of calm also in Aleppo province", Interfax news agency reported. The official did **t say who was negotiating on Aleppo. He said the lull in fighting had been extended around Damascus for a**ther 24 hours. In Latakia province, it still applied through Monday without need for an extension. It had been respected in both areas, the Russian official said. Syria´s army confirmed the extension of the lull around Damascus but did **t mention Aleppo. A number of rebel groups late on Saturday rejected the partial "regime of calm" in Damascus and Latakia, saying any truce must include all areas where the government and main opposition were fighting, as under the February deal. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Russia says talks to extend Syrian lull in fighting to Aleppo || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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