Truce News

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine and called on all parties to observe it. The United States will provide rapid humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance to the Palestinians in Gaza after the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

Syria's army said today it will abide by a two-day ceasefire in second city Aleppo agreed between the United States and Russia.

Mohammed Alloush, a leading political figure in the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group, is in Geneva as the senior negotiator of the High Negotiations Committee.  

Fighting broke out north of Yemen`s capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people, hours before a planned halt to the fighting aimed at facilitating talks to end the year-long war.

The UN-backed deal came into effect yesterday, with battle zones across the country going largely quiet despite some accusations of breaches.

US-led coalition warplanes launched at least 10 air strikes to try to drive back the jihadists, the monitor reported.

A resident confirmed that shells had struck the district in the late morning.

Hamas on Saturday announced its rejection of a proposal by the Middle East Quartet's former envoy Tony Blair on reaching a long-term truce with Israel, a media report said.