(1) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
(2) The US secretary of state, John Kerry , said if Yemen’s opposing sides accepted and moved forward on a ceasefire then the UN special envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, would work through the details and announce when and how it would take effect.
(3) If neighbouring Arab states put pressure on the rebel groups, the result could be a ceasefire and an end to the terrible violence.
(4) There was little chance of a lasting ceasefire while insurgents were re-arming, mobilising and training with foreign support, he added.
(5) CeaseFire placed two interrupters on the ground, and in 2004 there were no homicides recorded at all.
(6) Malnourished residents have to walk miles to buy food on the road to Yalda, whose residents are benefiting from a local ceasefire deal between the regime and the opposition.
(7) It has been the UK's view that a violation of Iraq's obligations under resolution 687 which is sufficiently serious to undermine the basis of the ceasefire can revive the authorisation to use force in resolution 678.
(8) The ministry said Lavrov and Kerry spoke on the phone on Sunday for a second day in a row and discussed “the modality and conditions” for a ceasefire in Syria that would exclude groups that the UN security council considers terrorist organisations.
(9) In New York, the UN security council unanimously called for a ceasefire, while Britain's foreign minister, William Hague, said he would be discussing ceasefire efforts with his American, French and German counterparts on Sunday.
(10) Merkel and Obama both expressed grave concerns about the collapse of the Syrian ceasefire during a joint press conference in the German city on Sunday.
(11) Locally brokered ceasefires have taken effect elsewhere in Syria in recent months, notably in the Moadimeyah district of Damascus, which was also once a hub of opposition control.
(12) In New York, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), whose mission is to monitor a 1974 disengagement in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria , reported that shortly after midnight local time, during a ceasefire agreed with the armed elements, all 40 Filipino peacekeepers left their position and "arrived in a safe location one hour later."
(13) This diplomatic battle culminated last year in the signing of a peace agreement between the rebels and the government which imposed an immediate ceasefire, and was supposed to lead to a government of national unity with Machar once again in the vice-president’s office.
(14) However, a bilateral ceasefire will probably only be possible once there is an agreement on the transitional justice framework for demobilised combatants.
(15) The Donetsk rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko had previously said his forces would observe the ceasefire everywhere except in Debaltseve, which he said rightfully belonged to the rebels.
(16) But there was scepticism over whether the more radical elements on either side would obey the ceasefire, and concern in Kiev and western capitals that the truce would effectively "freeze" the conflict and give Moscow de facto control over the disputed chunk of eastern Ukraine that has been ruined by war this summer.
(17) Nigeria is “inching closer” to securing the release of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped six months ago, despite fears that reports of a ceasefire with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have not come to fruition.
(18) Late last night, al-Ahmar, who is also the head of the Hashid confederation, accused Saleh's troops of not observing the ceasefire.
(19) These are practical, concrete steps which at least offer the possibility of calming the situation, establishing a ceasefire, delivering relief to Aleppo, and securing a lasting peace.
(20) "Since the elections there have been three broken ceasefires, with the Kachin, Karen and Shan minorities, a massive increase in army attacks on ethnic groups, and a sharp rise in gang rapes involving women and children.
Hostilities
Definition:
(pl. ) of Hostility
Example Sentences:
(1) Some of their most cherished objectives, such as parliamentary reform, have been left as roadkill by the juggernauts of Tory and Labour hostility.
(2) Mars is a much more hostile environment than people realise, they point out.
(3) It's an attractive idea, and yet pride in Europe appears to be giving way to populism and hostility within the union.
(4) But even among the most hostile voters, only a third put Europe among the most crucial issues facing the country.
(5) Afghan officials in the past have expressed fears that soldiers sent to Pakistan could be recruited as spies or that their careers would be stunted by the deep hostility that Afghans harbour towards Pakistan.
(6) Michael Holroyd, in his biography of George Bernard Shaw , gives an illuminating example of myopic hostility to Russia by the right even when we desperately needed allies.
(7) Overall, these results suggest that future research should investigate variables in addition to hostility in regard to risk for and protection from CHD.
(8) As important, if not more so, as his ambition to make exams tougher is his hostility towards other measures of ability, such as course work and controlled assessments.
(9) Journalists are being told to speak to public affairs office, but the public affairs office doesn't call them back or is hostile."
(10) Green groups were hostile or reacted cautiously to the report.
(11) To assess physiological and psychological states accompanying anabolic-androgenic steroid use, male weight lifters 1) were interviewed regarding their physical training and the patterns and effects of any drug use; 2) completed a written physical and medical history questionnaire, a Profile of Mood States questionnaire, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory; and 3) were physically examined, including a blood sample and urinalysis.
(12) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
(13) Murdoch had one on his, of course, but because he was facing hostile interrogation he looked (unfairly) as if he were wearing it in self-protection as a symbol of his own virtue.
(14) Tory MEP Nirj Deva was one of several deputies to subject Mr Nielson to hostile questioning.
(15) Yet, the long list of allegations included no statement from Kenneth Bae, other than claims that he confessed and didn't want an attorney present during his sentencing last week for what Pyongyang called hostile acts against the state.
(16) We are effectively now placed in co-sovereignty with a hostile power.
(17) The inquiry’s chairman, Sir Thayne Forbes, a former high court judge, concluded in 2014 that the most serious claims were “deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility”.
(18) Faced with ever growing hostility to the EU, and to immigration, Clegg has decided to present the Liberal Democrats unambiguously as the party of "in" and of openness.
(19) The aim of this study was to determine how individual differences in cynical hostility and defensiveness interacted with situational demands to affect cardiovascular responses in a natural setting.
(20) The Saudis and other Gulf states still support rebel fighting formations – as much because of inertia and hostility to Iran as anything else – but western backing is on a downward trajectory as concerns mount about the risks of blowback from al-Qaida-linked groups.