Quite literally at the 11th hour on Saturday night, a ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces was extended by 15 days.
The announcement is a welcome development as it provides diplomacy with much-needed breathing space to douse the flames of war, prevent a regional escalation and perhaps even secure a negotiated solution without which Syrians of all stripes cannot live together in peace.
The spark for the conflict is a fundamental disagreement over who should run the country’s resource-rich north-east, under SDF control since 2015.
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