Partial truce in Syria to start at midnight Friday
truce / tru:s / n. 停战;休战 TEM8
cessation / sɛ'seʃən / n. 停止;中止;中断
hostility / hɑ'stɪləti / n. 敌意;战争行动 CET6
joint / dʒɔɪnt / n. 关节;接缝 adj. 共同的;连接的 v. 连接,贴合CET4
preliminary / prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri / n. 准备;预赛 adj. 初步的;开始的CET4
A truce among some -- but not all -- of the groups fighting inside Syria will go into effect at midnight Friday.
The cessation of hostilities is the result of talks between the United States and Russia as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, the two countries said in a joint statement.
The main opposition group in Syria, the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, expressed "preliminary approval to reach a temporary truce," it said in a statement.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been working with world powers to get a cessation, but the violence in Syria is unrelenting. Almost 200 people were killed over the weekend in multiple attacks, for which ISIS claimed responsibility, in the city of Homs and on the outskirts of Damascus.
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