Russia hopes the United States understands that the fight against Daesh as well as against other terrorist groups in Syria must continue even after the cessation of hostilities agreement goes into effect, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

"However, I would like to emphasize once again that the groups of Daesh, al-Nusra Front, and other terrorist organizations recognized as such by the UN Security Council are not included [in the agreement]. The decisive fight against them will obviously continue. I would like to express my hope that no one has forgotten that besides IS there are still other terrorist organizations, as I have said already, that have been acknowledged as such by the UN Security Council," Putin said during a meeting with the members of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

Earlier this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told RIA Novosti that Russia and the United States were in talks over the preparation of the draft UN Security Council resolution. The draft will reportedly be put up for a vote on Friday.

On Monday, the United States and Russia, the co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), announced a plan for a ceasefire between the warring parties in Syria to go into effect on Saturday, February 27. The agreement has been approved by the other 17 members of the ISSG.

Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with the army loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting several opposition factions and militant organizations, including Daesh terrorist group, which is banned in a number of countries, including Russia and the United States.

Comment: Obama seems to understand the basics that terrorist organizations are exempt from the ceasefire but what about their 'moderate rebels'?
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160226/1035389582/putin-terrorism-fight-syria.html

i guess the governments think the terrorists are just going to stop shooting? Hamas has broken every cease fire ever, so i guess trying with other terrorists will be any different?

I give this as much chance of working as I have of hitting the lottery.
John Kerry and Obama are clueless and Putin will once again show who the real leader is

Negotiating with terrorists, is a win for terrorists,
and a loss for society as we knew it.

damn,that's gonna work for sure!

this is what happens when we have a president that's never served in the military... they think the fairy tale endings do come true...

Putin has from the beginning, misunderstood where IS was. His bombers kept hitting US allies only.

Too bad so many Americans who want to look down their noses at Obama, insist in deluding themselves and ignoring the facts.

We'll see if Putin's definition of "ISIS" continues to be "whoever we feel like attacking today" or not.

why are you trying to fuel the liberal lies? Putin is there to help assad, Obarry wants assad out... obarry is giving the "rebels" money and weapons to overthrow assad, and putin is bombing the "rebels" and ISIS...

the ONLY facts being ignored is your blatant lies...

Well maybe Putting will run for President....