https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/omar-hossino-and-kinda-kanbar/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Omar Hossino and Kinda Kanbar https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/03/05/how-michel-kilo-negotiated-a-tenuous-truce-in-ras-al-ayn https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/03/05/how-michel-kilo-negotiated-a-tenuous-truce-in-ras-al-ayn Kurdish and Arab militias waged a bitter battle for three months in the northern city of Ras Al Ayn, in Hassakeh province. Now, they’ve reached a truce that has managed to last into a third week, marking an early success for a nascent group of peacekeepers led by famed Christian dissident Michel Kilo.