Syrian activists have reported relative calm in wide parts of Syria after was deal hammered out by Russia, Turkey and Iran to set up “de-escalation zones” in mostly rebel-held areas. Opposition activists in southern, central [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition said that the regime delegation is moving away from discussing the political solution, the main goal of the new round of peace talks in Geneva, by saying that fighting terrorism is the most [ More … ]
The list of Syrian Opposition’s delegation to the upcoming peace talks in Geneva includes 21 names, including Mohammed Alloush from the Jaysh Al-Islam group and representatives of rival political groups. Russia, Iran, and Turkey said [ More … ]
The problematic Syrian opposition delegation issue seems to be far from over. Even after the main opposition bloc has included members from groups against its policies, abiding the UN’s request, those groups refused to cooperate and [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition has announced on Saturday its delegates for the next round of U.N.-based peace talks in Geneva after this matter has caused tension recently. Russia, Iran, and Turkey said they were ready to help [ More … ]
the Syrian opposition declared that they will choose members of their delegation to the peace talks in Geneva next Friday after the UN has been pushing them to form a joint delegation. The Syria peace [ More … ]
As the US is pushing the Syrian opposition to form a joint delegation for the upcoming peace talks, the HNC said it can’t be done with the ones who share Assad’s ideology and supports him. [ More … ]
After Russia and Turkey have agreed to guarantee Syria peace talks and support widening a ceasefire across the whole country, the essential question that remains is: Will both political and armed opposition take part in [ More … ]
A senior member of the opposition Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) on Saturday urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia over its ongoing military campaign in Syria, especially Aleppo. Assad regime, backed by [ More … ]
Members of Syrian opposition group said on Monday that a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia never took hold and called on the world to put an end to the “criminality” of the [ More … ]
Syria’s main opposition bloc has put forward a plan for a political transition and a ceasefire to end more than five years of crisis in the war-torn country. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), which is [ More … ]
Syrian opposition’s High Negotiating Committee (HNC) accused Russia of disguising its assault on northern Syria’s Aleppo with promises of opening humanitarian corridors in the city. More than 300.000 civilians still live in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled eastern [ More … ]
Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) on Wednesday called on UN Security Council to hold an extraordinary session to discuss the situation in Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo. The HNC demanded the siege on Aleppo to [ More … ]
The UN on Friday expressed concern about reports of incendiary bombs being used in Syria, but was not able to verify these reports. Concerned were raised hours after an opposition group to Assad regime claimed [ More … ]
United Nations war crimes investigators called on world powers on Tuesday to pressure the warring sides in Syria to return to the negotiating table to end the conflict and civilian suffering. Paulo Pinheiro, chair of [ More … ]
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