ceasefire
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The Provisional IRA - the main armed republican paramilitary group for most of the Troubles - declared a ceasefire in the run up to the agreement and officially ended its violent campaign in 2005.
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“Even if a ceasefire materialises, restoring supply takes weeks to months-damaged facilities need repair, the cargo backlog is enormous, and Iran’s five preconditions suggest Hormuz reopening is far from guaranteed.”
Officials in Beijing and Islamabad have presented a five-point plan with the aim of bringing about a ceasefire and re-opening the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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Under the ceasefire agreement that ended the war in 2024, Hezbollah was meant to disarm and leave its positions in the south.
From BBC
But six months on from that ceasefire agreement, Gaza's future is uncertain, stuck in a fractured limbo between war and peace.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
