But the package falls short of the heavy weapons and high-tech equipment sought by the rebels.
For instance, some heavy weapons have been withdrawn and some violence has receded, he said.
They must turn over their medium and heavy weapons to security forces and tribal leaders, al-Maliki said.
One suggested deal would mean the Sadrists giving up their heavy weapons but not their lighter ones.
It also says Kigali has supplied the M23 with heavy weapons and stepped up recruitment for the group.
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Cruise missiles and jet fighters work against fixed targets, concentrations of forces or heavy weapons on open ground.
However, he said there was no indication that the rebels were armed with heavy weapons or surface-to-air missiles.
Out of desperation he had surrendered most of his heavy weapons as a goodwill gesture, but still we pushed.
There were just a handful of officers, armed only with machine guns, no sand-bagged positions, no heavy weapons, no armoured vehicles.
There also are reports that Bosnian Serb forces are withdrawing their heavy weapons from Sarajevo, another step required by the agreement.
Earlier Mr Annan's spokesman, Ahmed Fawzi, said satellite imagery showed the Syrian government was failing to withdraw heavy weapons from urban centres.
The military used heavy weapons and helicopter gunships to repulse the attack.
Mr. PELTON: Blackwater has always prided themselves on their aggressive stance, their ability to show force, and whether it's using armored vehicles or using heavy weapons.
Correspondents say a compromise seems to have been reached: lifting an embargo on small arms for one year but keeping restrictions on heavy weapons.
Janvier, in turn, informed Holbrooke about the situation in Sarajevo and the progress made by Serbs in moving their heavy weapons out of the exclusion zone.
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On Thursday, South Africa's defence minister said the South African troops had not anticipated that the rebels would be armed with mortars and other heavy weapons.
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Damascus agreed to the cease-fire at Thursday's deadline but has not fulfilled the stipulation that it also withdraw its security personnel and heavy weapons from populated areas.
Security Council members that Syria lacks full compliance with the peace plan and that troops and heavy weapons remain in population centers despite an agreement to withdraw.
This could be viewed as either "bringing back the Cavalry" or in the case of the Marine Corps, a new specialty force in the heavy weapons platoon.
It also says Kigali has supplied the M23 with heavy weapons and stepped up recruitment for the group - allegations that President Paul Kagame's government has strongly denied.
UNITA, evaluating the strength of the government's build-up and air power, opted for a tactical withdrawal, taking most of its heavy weapons, and the civilian population, with it.
Annan said Syria's foreign minister told him that heavy weapons and troops had been withdrawn from population centers and that military operations had ended, key elements of the peace plan.
The army had not used heavy weapons for some days, he said, since the government announced on Monday that it was halting its use of heavy weapons in the conflict zone.
Annan said earlier Syria's foreign minister told him that heavy weapons and troops had been withdrawn from population centers and that military operations had ended, key elements of the peace plan.
In practice, the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia appears to be falling apart, but the secretary-general warns Israel that the militia must be disbanded, its heavy weapons removed and its prisoners released.
In addition to a ceasefire, Mr Annan's initiative calls for the withdrawal of soldiers and heavy weapons from cities, the release of prisoners, delivery of humanitarian aid and free movement for journalists.
These men have only very light weapons - machine-guns and rocket propelled grenades - and they have no answer when government forces decide to use heavy weapons, as they appear to have done overnight.
Salim Idriss, a general with the rebel Free Syrian Army, said Wednesday that his forces were outgunned by Hezbollah fighters and appealed to the international community for heavy weapons to help his fighters in Qusayr.
"Since last Tuesday, the Iraqi Security Forces have been conducting cordon and strike operations against criminal elements across Basra, supported by efforts to encourage militias to give up their medium and heavy weapons, " he said.
If voted through, the new resolution would add more names to a list of individuals, firms and banks sanctioned for their links to Iran's nuclear and missile programmes and slap an arms embargo on heavy weapons.
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