Istanbul summit addresses numerous issues, including Idlib demilitarised zone, constitutional reform and refugees. A four-way summit on Syria has ended with no major breakthrough, even as the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France agreed [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition seems pessimistic and under pressure, after the latest peace talks ended without achieving its goals and the US changed its stance towards the Syrian crisis, making the opposition face hard challenges trying [ More … ]
The fifth round of the UN-brokered Syria peace talks in Geneva ended on Friday the way it began, with dispute and trading blames between the warring sides, according to opposition figures, while UN mediator said the talks [ 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 … ]
The United Nations said siege and intensive clashes around Syria’s capital have cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian assistance, adding that pauses in the conflict are needed to allow aid convoys to get to the area. Fighting [ 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 … ]
Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan have closed on Wednesday without any substantive negotiations taking place after regime’s delegation refused to discuss a constitutional commission and the rebels boycotted the talks due to ceasefire breaches. Russia said it [ More … ]
The world and the EU should put more efforts to push the peace process in Syria instead of the fighting and suffer that rages in the country, top European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini said. The Syrian [ More … ]
On the anniversary of the Syrian uprising, two suicide bomb attacks killed dozens of people in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, in the second such spate of bombings in the Syrian capital in five [ More … ]
Assad regime accused Turkey of breaking its commitments to peace settlement as Ankara-backed rebel groups boycotted the third round of meetings in Astana, while Russia said it was surprised by the incident. Russia said it has [ More … ]
Syrian rebels representatives said they will not attend the third round of Syria settlement talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, due to ceasefire violations and Russia’s failure to preserve its commitments. Russia said it has a new plan [ More … ]
Participants arrived in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Monday for the third round of Syria settlement talks, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said, while the rebels asked first to delay the meeting then said they won’t [ More … ]
In his last interview, Bashar al-Assad said that the last round of Syria peace talks in Geneva were fruitless, calling the opposition delegation “terrorists” and saying that Local “reconciliation” agreements are the real political solutions. The new [ More … ]
The fourth round of the UN-led Syria peace talks in Geneva ended with the opposition saying there were no clear results but this round was more positive, while analysts said that Russia is seeking to hinder [ More … ]
The fourth round of the UN-led Syria peace talks in Geneva ended with a clear agenda for reaching a political solution to the six-year crisis, according to the UN envoy for Syria, while the opposition said [ More … ]
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