A truce in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States is set to begin at sundown after a weekend of Assad regime’s air raids killed dozens of civilians while the warring parts said they were [ More … ]
A truce in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States is set to begin at sundown after a weekend of Assad regime’s air raids killed dozens of civilians while there are concerns about whether it [ More … ]
Iran, a close ally and military backer of Assad regime, welcomed a U.S.-Russian deal for a truce in Syria, saying on Sunday the conflict should be ended through politics while its forces continued their clashes [ More … ]
The United States and Russia reached a ceasefire deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but airstrikes hours later on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to [ More … ]
Russian Airstrikes killed at least 50 people in rebel-held areas of Idlib and Aleppo on Saturday, just hours after Russia and the US announced a ceasefire deal intended to put a stop to more than [ More … ]
The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track while Syrian political opposition and UN welcomed the agreement. The deal, agreed upon by US Secretary [ More … ]
Officials from the United States and Russia said they made progress on Friday towards advancing proposals for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, but technical details still needed to be worked out, a senior official of [ More … ]
Even in times of war, there is always hope for a political settlement even in Syria. The Syrian political opposition held a meeting in London this week, represented by its negotiations committee, and it announced [ More … ]
Syrian rebels’ gains which have broken Assad regime’s siege in the city of Aleppo will strengthen the opposition’s hand should a new round of peace talks go ahead, an opposition negotiator told Reuters. Previous rounds [ More … ]
The U.S. “patience is not unlimited” when it comes to efforts with Russia to put the political process back on track back in Syria, the State Department said Wednesday. If a truce in Syria falls [ More … ]
Bashar al-Assad, the current Syrian president and the root cause of the Syrian crisis, said he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow [ More … ]
One of the conundrums in negotiations to end the Syria crisis is how to persuade Bashar Al-Assad to accept the results. Until now he has rejected the Geneva plan for a political transition at the [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday that restoring normal relations with Syria was his government’s “greatest and irrevocable goal”, in an apparent shift in diplomatic tone by one of the Syrian President Bashar [ More … ]
Former Syrian Minister of Defense, General Ali Habib, arrived in Turkey two days ago, special sources said. Habib came flying from the French capital, Paris, to start deliberations with the military command in Ankara. The sources [ More … ]
UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday he hopes that Syria peace talks can resume in July, but only if the humanitarian situation on the ground shows improvement. The UN-backed talks aim to [ More … ]
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