Brahimi makes 'personal call' for Syrians to lay down arms
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has made a 'personal' call to all parties in the Syrian conflict to stop fighting. He said that they could put down their arms unilaterally during Eid al-Adha.
The envoy, said his call for ceasefire during Eid was, "a personal initiative, not lengthy project or part of a peace process. It's a call and invitation to any Syrian in the street or the village….or to the armed man."
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