The UN security Council adopted a resolution on the establishment in Syria of a 30-day truce
UN, 24 Feb — RIA Novosti. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a 30-day cease-fire in Syria and further relief operations in the country.
The document requires that all parties “without delay ceased the collision” and was committed to ensuring the long humanitarian pause of at least 30 days on the whole territory of Syria to allow the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid and medical evacuation of critically ill and injured.
The text notes that the ceasefire does not apply to military operations against the “Islamic state”*, “dzhebhat an-Nusra and al-Qaeda”* and other persons and entities associated with IG* and “al-Qaeda”*.
* A terrorist organization banned in Russia.