{"id":1591,"date":"2012-10-24T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2012-10-24T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:10:09","slug":"syrian-warily-discussing-a-holiday-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/10\/24\/syrian-warily-discussing-a-holiday-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Warily Discussing a Holiday Cease Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The United Nations envoy to Syria says Bashar al-Assad <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2012\/10\/20121024895639897.html\">has agreed to cease fire<\/a> during the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, but will he honor it? The U.N. and many Muslim leaders had been pushing for a truce ahead of the four day observance, but both sides in the ongoing civil war have shown no willingness to lay down their arms. Lakhdar Brahimi, the new U.N.\u00c2\u00a0negotiator\u00c2\u00a0is meeting with Arab League leaders today, this week in the hope that a temporary cease fire can lead to a longer peace, but given the current level of violence in Syria,\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> The U.N. previously announced a cease fire way back in March of this, but\u00c2\u00a0neither\u00c2\u00a0side formally\u00c2\u00a0agreed\u00c2\u00a0to or honored it. Some rebel groups <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/10\/24\/us-syria-crisis-brahimi-idUSBRE89N0G820121024\">have reportedly agreed to this newest deal<\/a>, but it seems unlikely to contain all of them. It may also be seen as a ploy by Assad to stop the gains made by rebels in recent weeks. The captial of Damascus has been hit by ever more powerful bombs and the Syria army has lost control of sever major highways and even some military installations.<\/p>\n<p> In other Syrian news, a Russian\u00c2\u00a0military\u00c2\u00a0source says Syrian rebels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-20055271\">are now using shoulder-mounted, anti-air-aircraft\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><font color=\"#0000ee\"><u>missiles<\/u><\/font>\u00c2\u00a0that are made in the United States. Western countries have been hesitant to directly arm rebel groups, but the\u00c2\u00a0black\u00c2\u00a0market for these advanced weapons is clearly being supplied by major dealers. Russia supplies the Syrian\u00c2\u00a0government\u00c2\u00a0with most of it&#8217;s weapons.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eid_al_adha\">Eid al-Adha<\/a> begins on Thursday evening and is a celebration in honor of Abraham&#8217;s willingness to sacrifice his son for God.<\/p>\n<p> \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24d29ce5\/mf.gif?resize=1%2C1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24c8bdff\/l\/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A120C10A0Csocial0Emedia0Ehelped0Etrack0Edown0Ebenghazi0Eterrorist0Esuspect0C582350C\/story01.htm\">Social Media Led Authorities to a Benghazi Terror Suspect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24c96d08\/l\/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A120C10A0Cmiddle0Eeast0Egreen0Ebuilding0Emovement0Ewill0Estart0Eqatar0C582420C\/story01.htm\">The Middle East Green Building Movement Will Start with Qatar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24cb8cde\/l\/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A120C10A0Citalys0Etop0Escientists0Eresign0Etheir0Egovernment0Eposts0Eafter0Equake0Econviction0C582590C\/story01.htm\">Italy&#8217;s Top Scientists Resign Their Government Posts After Quake Conviction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24cd6b7a\/l\/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A120C10A0Calleged0Ecrime0Eeating0Eal0Efresco0C582620C\/story01.htm\">The Alleged Crime of Eating Al Fresco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Theatlantic.feedsportal.com\/c\/34375\/f\/625848\/s\/24cdf33f\/l\/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A120C10A0Cdead0Esea0Edisappearing0C582790C\/story01.htm\">The Dead Sea Is Disappearing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/viral\/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Syrian+Warily+Discussing+a+Holiday+Cease+Fire&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlanticwire.com%2Fglobal%2F2012%2F10%2Fsyrian-warily-discussing-holiday-cease-fire%2F58283%2F\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/emailthis2.gif?w=525\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/res.feedsportal.com\/viral\/bookmark.cfm?title=Syrian+Warily+Discussing+a+Holiday+Cease+Fire&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlanticwire.com%2Fglobal%2F2012%2F10%2Fsyrian-warily-discussing-holiday-cease-fire%2F58283%2F\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/bookmark.gif?w=525\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/148658152582\/u\/49\/f\/625848\/c\/34375\/s\/24d29ce5\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/148658152582\/u\/49\/f\/625848\/c\/34375\/s\/24d29ce5\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/148658152582\/u\/49\/f\/625848\/c\/34375\/s\/24d29ce5\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheAtlanticWire\/~4\/xRG1DURKFHo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>via The Atlantic Wire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/global\/2012\/10\/syrian-warily-discussing-holiday-cease-fire\/58283\/\">http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/global\/2012\/10\/syrian-warily-discussing-holiday-cease-fire\/58283\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations envoy to Syria says Bashar al-Assad has agreed to cease fire during the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, but will he honor it? The U.N. and many Muslim leaders had been pushing for a truce ahead of the four day observance, but both sides in the ongoing civil war have shown no willingness &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/10\/24\/syrian-warily-discussing-a-holiday-cease-fire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Syrian Warily Discussing a Holiday Cease Fire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[715,6,716],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-reader","tag-dashiell-bennett","tag-ifttt","tag-the-atlantic-wire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2skW4-pF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}