Sentence examples for lasting truce from inspiring English sources

But Kerry acknowledged that for many observers, his words were ultimately meaningless without a lasting truce.

So many Conservative leaders before May have tried and failed to broker a lasting truce.

It remains to be seen whether the agreement will be an effective, lasting truce or just another forgotten campaign gimmick.

Hamas demands the opening of the Gaza border crossings as a condition for a lasting truce.

Amid the renewed rocket fire and airstrikes, the chances of a lasting truce appear dim.

As the violence intensifies, some former gang members say that the groundwork for a lasting truce is unexpectedly being laid.

The last truce broke down in May.

The notification period for ending the ceasefire is two weeks, compared with just three days in the last truce, which ended in 1995.

I returned to the Syrian city of Homs at the moment when the place activists call "the capital of the revolution" returned to government hands with the last truce in the last rebel-held district.

The indefinite cease-fire ends, at least for now, the most violent spell in an almost seven-year rebellion that has killed more than 7,200 people -- 5,500 in 14 months since the last truce broke down.

Hamas had refused to extend the last truce, saying Israel had failed to respond to any of the demands Palestinian negotiators made in indirect talks in Cairo, and there has been continuous rocket and mortar fire into Israel from Gaza since.