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U.S. and Russia Agree to Cease-Fire in Syria

The agreement marks the nations’ first joint effort under the Trump administration to mitigate Syria’s ongoing civil war.
Source: Steffen Kugler / Bundesregierung / Reuters

The U.S. and Russia agreed on Friday to establish a cease-fire in southern Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The cease-fire, which begins Sunday at noon local time, marks the nations’ first joint effort under the Trump administration to curb the violence in Syria’s ongoing, six-year civil war. Tillerson said President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached for which both he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were present.

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