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A hudna (from the Arabic هدنة meaning "calm" or "quiet") is a truce or armistice. [1] It is sometimes translated as "cease-fire". In his medieval dictionary of classical Arabic, the Lisan al-Arab, Ibn Manzur defined it as: "hadana: he grew quiet. hadina: he quieted (transitive or intransitive). haadana: he made peace with.
A ceasefire (also known as a truce), [1] also spelled cease-fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), [2] is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions often due to mediation by a third party. [3] [4] Ceasefires may be between state actors or involve non-state actors. [1]
Truce or ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of any armed conflict. Truce may also refer to: Truce, a 1982 album by Robin Trower and Jack Bruce; Truce (group), British R&B trio in the 1990s "Truce" (song), a 1998 song by Jars of Clay "Truce" (Tom Robinson song), on the 1982 album Cabaret '79
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be largely holding, despite accusations of violations from both sides of the border. ... Still, the truce held for nearly ...
The video for the 1983 song "Pipes of Peace" by Paul McCartney depicts a fictional version of the Christmas truce. [69] John McCutcheon's 1984 song "Christmas in the Trenches" tells the story of the 1914 truce through the eyes of a fictional soldier. [70] Performing the song he met German veterans of the truce. [71]
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's get-out-the-vote speech on Sunday, two days before Election Day, came to a stunning halt as many in the audience erupted in chants of "ceasefire now," with some holding up ...
The truce excluded the I Corp and from the Vinh city of the North to the military line at the 17th parallel north. The ceasefire began on schedule, but was short-lived. Soon after midnight on the 29th, the Liberation Army of South Vietnam forces attacked key towns and installations in the truce's excluded zone of the southern I Corps. [6]
(The Center Square) – U.S. officials announced a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. The United States brokered the truce, backed by regional ...