The agreement secured by the US and Russia on Friday to end the Syrian Civil War came as good news for the international community, for Israel and, most of all, for the Syrian people. However, it is still premature to celebrate the end of the bloody war that has killed some 400,000 people, wounded about a million more and turned ten million into refugees. It is a complex agreement, some of the details of which remain under wraps. As the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding, and the agreement will be judged by the results it brings, if it brings any changes at all.

According to the agreement, Russian and US forces will continue their attacks on the jihadist organizations – the Nusra Front (which recently changed its name and supposedly became more moderate), and especially ISIS. To this end, Russia and the US will establish a joint command center that will coordinate military air operations, and likely ground operations, mainly led by special forces, as well as sharing intelligence.

The agreement also holds that the two countries will coordinate efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn areas, the hardest hit of which is Aleppo. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s army is also obligated to uphold the agreement. Their part includes refraining from attacking the other, more moderate rebel groups. However, as far as Assad is concerned, these rebel groups are no less hostile than the ISIS and Nusra Front terrorists.

Read the full article at the Jerusalem Post.