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Politics #52

ILR 2 · Politics & diplomacy · radio news · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the news item about?
Question 2 of 5When did the truce begin?
Question 3 of 5What did the truce allow?
Question 4 of 5Why did many countries welcome the announcement?
Question 5 of 5What happened in October of that year?
Vocabulary
الْمَبْعُوثُ الْأُمَمِيُّthe UN envoy
الْأَطْرَافُ الْمُتَحَارِبَةُthe warring parties
هُدْنَةtruce
الْوَقُودfuel
اسْتِئْنَافresumption
مُدِّدَتْwas extended
تَمْدِيدextension