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| A ceasefire brokered by the US, Russia and Jordan has begun in southwest Syria on Sunday in the latest attempt at international peacemaking in the six-year war. | |
| The proposal was announced at the G20 summit on Friday after a two and a half-hour meeting between US President Trump and Russian premier Vladimir Putin. | |
| Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the White House national security adviser said: "The United States remains committed to defeating ISIS, helping to end the conflict in Syria, reducing suffering, and enabling people to return to their homes," he said. | |
| "This agreement is an important step toward these common goals." | |
| The agreement could be the forerunner to continued cooperation in Syria, said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was present at the meeting between Trump and Putin, according to CNN. | |
| Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister added: "This is our first indication of the US and Russia being able to work together in Syria" | |
| Russian military police together with the US and Jordan will ensure security around the de-escalation zone, officials said. The truce will be monitored through satellite and drone images as well as observers on the ground, a Jordanian official said on Saturday. | |
| The ceasefire began at midday (09:00 GMT) on Sunday, in the areas of Deraa, Suweida and Quneitra in the southwest, as well as along the Lebanese border. | |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "calm was prevailing" in the area, reporting that there have been no air strikes or clashes since the ceasefire began. | |
| A rebel official in Deraa city, also added that there had been no significant fighting, according to Reuters. | |
| Similar truces have been negotiated in Syria previously to continue talks on the peace process to get the country back on track since civil war began in 2011. So far, all have failed. | |
| It remains unclear how much the opposing sides, the Syrian government forces - who have not yet commented on the ceasefire - and the main rebels in the southwest, were committed to this latest effort. | |