UN issue defining terrorists in Syria 'against whom combat is allowed'

A UN plan to suspend Syria’s nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one of the toughest issues vexing diplomats trying to end the conflict.

A UN draft discussion paper includes eight “framework principles” to be embraced by all countries and rebel groups that sign on to a ceasefire.

The ceasefire plan also lists issues still to be negotiated, including defining “those terrorist organisations against whom combat is allowed”.