Syrian Migrant Crisis Update: World Powers Unite To Approve Ceasefire Plan

The world's major powers have reached an agreement on a ceasefire plan as their negotiating representatives agreed on a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" and the delivery of the much needed humanitarian aid to Syrians internally displaced by the 5-year multi-sided civil war.

Tensions have been high in the negotiating halls as foreign ministers from more than a dozen nations tried to bring respite to a complex war fueled by competing interests by major powers, regional rivalry, sectarian violence, and, more recently, religious extremism.

"I'm pleased to say that as a result today in Munich, we believe we have made progress on both the humanitarian front and the cessation of hostilities front, and these two fronts, this progress, has the potential -- fully implemented, fully followed through on -- to be able to change the daily lives of the Syrian people. First, we have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid beginning immediately," explained US State Secretary John Kerry as quoted saying by CNN.

But pundits and ordinary people who went through the horrors of war are not convinced by the weight of the recent diplomatic breakthrough in Munich where the war pause plan was hammered out. Also, the Munich truce will not apply in the ongoing military efforts against the extremist factions (ISIS and Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nustra Front) in the Syrian war.

 The world's major powers have reached an agreement on a ceasefire plan as their negotiating representatives agreed on a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" and the delivery of the much needed humanitarian aid to Syrians internally displaced by the 5-year multi-sided civil war.

Tensions have been high in the negotiating halls as foreign ministers from more than a dozen nations tried to bring respite to a complex war fueled by competing interests by major powers, regional rivalry, sectarian violence, and, more recently, religious extremism.

"I'm pleased to say that as a result today in Munich, we believe we have made progress on both the humanitarian front and the cessation of hostilities front, and these two fronts, this progress, has the potential -- fully implemented, fully followed through on -- to be able to change the daily lives of the Syrian people. First, we have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid beginning immediately," explained US State Secretary John Kerry as quoted saying by CNN.

But pundits and ordinary people who went through the horrors of war are not convinced by the weight of the recent diplomatic breakthrough in Munich where the war pause plan was hammered out. Also, the Munich truce will not apply in the ongoing military efforts against the extremist factions (ISIS and Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nustra Front) in the Syrian war.

"The deals they make there are so isolated and detached from this reality here," said Syrian refugee Faisal (not his real name to protect his identity) as quoted by the New York Times.

Meanwhile, embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows to retake "the whole country" from the control of various rebel groups that are also competing with each other for territorial possessions in an interview with the AFP news agency as mentioned in a BBC report.

"The deals they make there are so isolated and detached from this reality here," said Syrian refugee Faisal (not his real name to protect his identity) as quoted by the New York Times.

Meanwhile, embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows to retake "the whole country" from the control of various rebel groups that are also competing with each other for territorial possessions in an interview with the AFP news agency as mentioned in a BBC report.