Russian jets were reportedly targeting rebel held positions just hours before US-Russian brokered truce were due to take effect between the Syrian government and nearly 100 rebel factions.
The US-Russian-sponsored Syria truce plan is due to take effect on February 27 as agreed upon by the Assad-led regime and rebel factions belonging to the mainstream opposition.
Despite the recently proposed ceasefire drawn up by the world’s major powers, the conflict shows no sign of abating as Russian-backed Syrian government forces step up efforts to encircle the strategic city rebel-held city of Aleppo.
Top diplomats from the world’s major powers agreed on a midnight Syrian war truce after a tense negotiation in Munich, Germany in an effort to contain the 5-year multi-sided armed conflict that already spiraled out of control.
Members of the United States military arrived in Ukraine to begin a training mission with the goal of helping to bolster beleaguered Ukrainian forces fighting a civil war against Russian-backed separatists.
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine despite the fact that a ceasefire signed by Russia and Ukraine should be in effect.
The brutal fighting in Ukraine dramatically increased in intensity as the deadline for a ceasefire agreed upon in Minsk, Belarus draws closer.
The government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists that have been fighting for dominance in eastern Ukraine have reached a ceasefire agreement, despite intense fighting between both sides in the hours leading up to its start.
The Israelis and Hamas have resumed their war in the Gaza Strip after the expiration of a 72-hour ceasefire.
The month old Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip seems as though it may be coming to a close as numerous reports say that both Hamas and Israel have accepted an Egyptian negotiated peace at the same time large numbers of Israeli troops are withdrawing from Gaza.
A recently declared 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been nullified after a Hamas attack on Israeli soldiers that saw two killed, and a third captured.
Diplomatic pressure on Hamas and Israel to declare a ceasefire continues to grow despite the fact that neither party believes they have much to gain from such an agreement.
Both Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour ceasefire that will take effect at 7 a.m. local time, granting a brief reprieve to the millions both Palestine and Israel who have been under siege for nearly three weeks.
