A ceasefire agreement took effect overnight, with a monitoring team deployed to verify withdrawals and document violations. Diplomats involved in the negotiations described the pact as “narrow but necessary,” focused on stopping immediate bloodshed rather than resolving underlying disputes.

Humanitarian agencies are pushing for guaranteed corridors to deliver medicine and food. Officials say access rules are being negotiated in parallel, but warn that security on key roads remains unpredictable.

Analysts noted that early compliance is a strong signal, but not a guarantee. Most ceasefires fail at the edges—local commanders, misunderstandings, and reprisals—unless enforcement mechanisms are clear and fast.