Sentence examples for local ceasefire from inspiring English sources

In one exposed position in Musa Qala, a local ceasefire has been arranged with tribal elders.

But too many factors militate against even a limited local ceasefire, let alone a negotiated peace.In this section The last mile Can hell be frozen over?

Kenneth Roth, the director of Human Rights Watch, has accused De Mistura of "not getting the big picture" and chasing quixotic local ceasefire efforts.

There are around 2 million people in Idlib, many of them internal refugees who fled the fighting elsewhere in the country after local ceasefire agreements.

The real question, however, is whether other insurgent groups, with more secular and nationalist aims, can be persuaded by Sunnis recently elected to parliament to cut local ceasefire deals and take other steps to reduce the violence.

The changes in mission will come sector by sector and incrementally, with commanders hoping that today's local ceasefire or the formation of a friendly Sunni militia in one town somehow holds and leads to long-term stability.

In some districts, the protagonists have agreed to local ceasefires.

One is to achieve local ceasefires, leading gradually to a countrywide halt in fighting.

The best option, he said, lay in local ceasefires and surrenders.

Makdissi and other spokespeople say the government can accept local ceasefires if international monitors verify that rebels have disarmed.

In Syria, the aim must be the defeat of Isis through other rebel groups, based on local ceasefires encouraged by Western forces and intelligence.