Rebel groups in Syria enclave welcome ceasefire call


Jaish al-Islam is an Islamist faction, founded in 2013, that has taken part in Syria peace talks in Geneva brokered by the United Nations, and in the Kazakh capital of Astana, organised by regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel backer Turkey. – EPA pic, February 25, 2018.

THE two main groups controlling Syria’s rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta have welcomed a United Nations Security Council demand for a ceasefire, but vowed to fight back in case of renewed attacks.

Islamist rebel groups Jaish al-Islam and Faylaq al-Rahman issued separate statements late yesterday after the council demanded a ceasefire, following seven days of ferocious regime bombardment that killed more than 500 civilians in eastern Ghouta.


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