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Israelis and Palestinians embrace cautious optimism as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire

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Israel and Hamas have reached a breakthrough ceasefire agreement brokered by the US and mediated by Qatar and Egypt to end the two-year conflict in Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful for progress. The World’s Shirin Jaafari and Matthew Bell report on reactions from both sides.

In negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Crimea’s status is a red line that neither side will cross

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Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey

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This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

As Israel moves into Rafah, are ceasefire talks over? 

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A girl carries a bowl filled with water, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus.

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

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A girl walks near a damaged house in northern Syria, Tuesday. The civil war in Syria is almost six years old.

Syria’s new ceasefire will not mean peace

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Syria’s “moderate” rebels have agreed on a national ceasefire with the government of Bashar al-Assad. It follows their crushing military defeat in Aleppo. But the ceasefire process is far from certain; and, anyway, peace in Syria is a long way off, since other conflicts continue.

After a US-Russia brokered ceasefire, a boy carries a placard during a demonstration against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo near Castello road in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 14.

Here’s what Syrians themselves are saying about the US-Russian ceasefire

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The deal says rebels have to separate from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham — formerly al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria — so that the US and Russia can bomb it. But for many, that’s unthinkable.

People look through a hole caused by a Saudi-led air strike

Is the latest Yemen ‘ceasefire’ for real? Or just another red herring?

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People in Yemen are exhausted by a year of war. But the prospect of an April 10 ceasefire is inspiring less optimism, and more cynicism. There have been many ceasefires since March 26, 2015, but few real pauses in the fighting, which has taken more than 3,000 civilian lives.