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Resolution 2401 was unanimously adopted on 24 February 2018. It calls for a nationwide ceasefire in

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for 30 days. According to the resolution, the cease-fire does not apply to military operations against the

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and

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and their associates, and other terrorist groups as designated by the Security Council. After adoption, Syrian Permanent Representative

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stated that the regime would continue to practice "a sovereign right of self-defense" and would go after what it deemed were terrorist groups. While

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accepted the resolution 2401 and said that it would act, according to the Sana news agency, the

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continues to fight in Afrin, and has continued its attacks after the passage of the resolution.

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, telephoned the

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, telling him that the truce in Syria also applies in the

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. "I think the resolution was clear here in naming exactly which groups are considered to be exempt from the ceasefire,"

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said. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister,

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, has accused the United States of using

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References

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