suspension of hostilities

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It was a temporary suspension of hostilities, not a long-term settlement of differences.

From Slate • May 6, 2024

It did so after negotiating intensely to change language on the suspension of hostilities and mechanisms to monitor and speed up aid delivery.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

It now “calls for the urgent suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Saudi Arabia had sought a suspension of hostilities with Iran for years, first through talks held in Baghdad that eventually went nowhere.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2023

The Governor, acknowledging that further resistance was futile, demanded a suspension of hostilities; terms of surrender were agreed upon, and on May 26th, 2000 men marched out as prisoners of war.

From The History of the First West India Regiment by Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon)