- Title: Aleppo residents react to ceasefire, water cut
- Date: 30th December 2016
- Summary: ALEPPO, SYRIA (DECEMBER 30, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STREET TRAFFIC IN ALEPPO (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED SYRIAN MAN, SAYING: "They announce a ceasefire and those (rebels) re-equip themselves to attack us. They regrouped and they attacked us once again. Aleppo became clean, they started to attack us from outside the city. They attacked Izaa, Furqan, New Aleppo. Today in New Aleppo there was a genocide. We ask the army to find a final solution." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET MEN GATHERING AROUND MARKET STALL COUPLE WALKING IN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED SYRIAN MAN, SAYING: "What is requested is a military solution because they (the rebels) renewed their activities and returned. Yesterday there was a massacre in New Aleppo. More than 20 rockets hit New Aleppo. Ceasefires are not benefiting either the government or the people. They (rebels) need to be exterminated." SIGN READING (Arabic): "DRINKING WATER DEPARTMENT - TISHREEN STATION" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE REFILLING WATER CANISTERS AT STATION WATER BEING TURNED OFF WATER TRUCK IN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED SYRIAN MAN, SAYING: "Islamic State cut the water in Aleppo. They cut drinking water. They deprived us from life and everything. We do not have anything. It is all because of them -- Islamic State." VARIOUS OF STREET SCENE
- Embargoed: 14th January 2017 19:39
- Keywords: Aleppo ceasefire Syria Assad peace talks water cut Islamic State
- Location: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- City: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0015F2TCUF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Aleppo residents on Friday (December 30) reacted to a ceasefire that aims to end nearly six years of war and lead to peace talks between rebels and a government emboldened by recent battlefield success.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced the ceasefire on Thursday (December 29) after forging the agreement with Turkey, a longtime backer of the opposition.
The truce went into force at midnight but monitors and rebels reported almost immediate clashes, and violence appeared to escalate later on Friday as warplanes bombed areas in the country's northwest, they said.
"They announce a ceasefire and those (rebels) re-equip themselves to attack us. They regrouped and they attacked us once again. Aleppo became clean, they started to attack us from outside the city. They attacked Izaa, Furqan, New Aleppo. Today in New Aleppo there was a genocide. We ask the army to find a final solution," said a Syrian man on Friday.
"What is requested is a military solution because they (the rebels) renewed their activities and returned. Yesterday there was a massacre in New Aleppo. More than 20 rockets hit New Aleppo. Ceasefires are not benefiting either the government or the people," said another local resident. "They (rebels) need to be exterminated," he added.
The agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey, which said they will guarantee the truce, is the first of three ceasefire deals this year not to involve the United States or United Nations.
Moscow is keen to push ahead with peace talks, hosted by its ally Kazakhstan, to end Syria's conflict which has resulted in more than 300,000 deaths and displaced more than 11 million people, half its pre-war population.
On the first day of the ceasefire, Syrian state agency reported that Islamic State had cut the water supply to Aleppo, as people went to the public wells to fetch drinking water.
Damascus suffers from a similar water situation, after rebels cut the capital's water supply five days ago. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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