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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Syria peace talks in Geneva may have started to show progress, as opposition said that the political transition became an essential part of the talks due to Russian pressure on the regime side. The new [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition’s main goal in the current round of peace talks is forming an interim government in the country, while they accused the regime of hindering the success of the talks and called for Russia [ More … ]
Syrian opposition’s representatives said they will meet Russian Deputy Foreign Minister during the current round of Syrian peace talks to discuss three major issues, despite the latest veto by Russia in the UN security council. [ More … ]
The Syrian opposition’s delegation to the peace talks in Geneva said it wants to meet Russian envoys to discuss Moscow’s broken ceasefire promises and the pressure that Russia can put on regime over the both issues. [ More … ]
The UN special envoy for Syria asked both the opposition and regime delegations to cooperate to end the crisis, saying that the failure will only increase the toll of victims. Russia, Iran, and Turkey said they were [ 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 … ]
Negotiations aimed at finding a political solution to the war in Syria are set to begin at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Thursday as a nationwide ceasefire steadily falls apart and UN officials [ More … ]
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