In the first concrete results from talks this week on ending Syria’s conflict, the UN said Thursday the warring sides had agreed to set-up expert committees to discuss “constitutional issues.” In the first concrete results [ More … ]
U.N. Syria envoy has warned not to expect “miracles” from the current round of peace talks, calling on Russia, Turkey, and Iran on Saturday to salvage the ceasefire as fighting raged for more than a [ More … ]
UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday as battles raged in Hama and Damascus after the rebels’ new attacks. To no one’s surprise, the talks started with a little hope of a breakthrough, as both [ More … ]
Russia accused the main Syrian opposition group at peace talks in Geneva of seeking to undermine the peace talks, a day after the opposition delegation met Russian foreign ministry officials. The new round of Syria peace [ More … ]
The two suicide bombings in Syria’s Homs against security branches has cast its shadows on the new round of peace talks in Geneva, as the each side accused the other of using these attacks to [ More … ]
Syrian opposition’s delegation to the new round of peace talks in Geneva demanded to have direct discussions with Assad regime’s delegation, as the UN envoy asked them to cooperate to find a way out of [ More … ]
The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Sunday that the upcoming Geneva talks would aim to let political negotiations advance, and slammed the US weak role in Syria. “Astana is the only place for the cessation [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition’s main bloc has said that it wants negotiations with the Assad regime’s delegation about a political transition in the next round of peace talks in Geneva next week. Russia said it has [ More … ]
The next round of United Nations-based peace talks on Syria have been scheduled for Feb. 20, after the previous Russian version of the talks was held in Astana on January 23. The talks had been [ More … ]
Syrian opposition groups and Assad regime forces may both be committing war crimes by their indiscriminate attacks in Aleppo, U.N. human rights spokesperson said on Tuesday. Assad regime, backed by Russia, said on September 22 it [ More … ]
The leader of a rebel group in Syria, that has recently split from al-Qaeda, has condemned the US and Russian-brokered ceasefire, saying it places Washington and the UN on the side of Bashar Assad and [ More … ]
The UN has called on the Assad regime to “immediately” allow life-saving aid into eastern Aleppo, where about 300,000 people are living under siege, while Syrian rebels said they will do their part of the deal but [ More … ]
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said that reports of a gas, believed to be chlorine, being dropped on Aleppo on Thursday are being investigated. “There is a lot of evidence that it [ More … ]
Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday, following a closed-door meeting with the US and Russian officials, UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Washington and Moscow had been discussing ways to work towards the [ More … ]
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura are attempting to reinvigorate Syria peace talks between the warring factions. A new round of talks could begin as early as August. “The current [ More … ]
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