The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a ceasefire in southwest Syria, three US\u00a0officials\u00a0said\u00a0as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

The deal marks a new level of involvement for the US\u00a0in trying to resolve Syria’s civil war. Although details about the agreement and how it will be implemented weren’t immediately available, the cease-fire is set to take effect Sunday at noon Damascus time, said the officials, who weren’t authorised to discuss the cease-fire publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Jordan and Israel also are part of the agreement, one of the officials said. The two US\u00a0allies both share a border with the southern part of Syria and have been concerned about violence from Syria’s civil war spilling over the border.<\/p>\n

The deal is separate from \u201cde-escalation zones\u201d that were to be created under a deal brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran earlier this year. The US\u00a0was not a part of that deal. Follow-up talks this week in Kazakhstan to finalise a cease-fire in those zones failed to reach agreement.<\/p>\n

The US\u00a0and Russia have been backing opposing sides in Syria’s war, with Moscow supporting Syrian President Bashar\u00a0al-Assad and Washington supporting rebels who have been fighting Assad. Both the US\u00a0and Russia oppose Isis group in Syria.<\/p>\n

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