Syrian government forces retake the last rebel stronghold in Latakia
Syrian pro-government forces recaptured a key rebel-held town in coastal Latakia province on Sunday, building on battlefield advances in the area ahead of planned peace talks this week in Geneva...
View ArticleThe dawn of a peace process for Syria?
By fits and starts, the key players are moving toward Syrian peace talks Monday. UN-sponsored talks in Geneva, Switzerland, between the Syrian government and opposition groups have been hanging in the...
View ArticleUS orchestrated unrest in Syria for regime change: Analyst
The US has waged a war in Syria to bring down the country, and the Syrian peace talks that were supposed to have started in Geneva on Monday are “dead on arrival,” according to an American author and...
View ArticleSyrian peace talks sponsored by UN to start Friday
Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy on Syria, says priorities of peace talks beginning Friday include creating a ceasefire, stopping the ISIS threat and clearing the way for humanitarian aid. ......
View ArticleSyrian opposition sharply divided ahead of peace talks
Syrian groups opposed to President Bashar Assad are still sharply divided on who should represent them at peace talks which were scheduled to begin Monday in Geneva but now appear to be delayed....
View ArticleSyrian talks delayed while UN seeks agreement on participants
Delayed talks to find a lasting peace in Syria will begin in Geneva on Friday, the United Nations has said, after a...
View ArticleThe Obama administration just 'made a scary retreat' in its Syria policy —...
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power, Secretary of State John Kerry, and U.S. President Barack Obama, September 25, 2014. In a meeting with members of...
View ArticleSyria vows no 'new concessions' at future Geneva talks
A senior official in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ruling party has said the government will not make any new concessions in the upcoming Geneva peace talks. "We will not make new concessions at...
View ArticleTurkey insists Kurds have no place at UN Syria talks
GENEVA (AP) — Turkey's foreign minister warned Monday that any participation of Kurdish forces in U.N.-sponsored talks on Syria would be dangerous and would spell the end of the initiative seeking to...
View ArticleU.S., Russia Said to Near Compromise to Unlock Syria Peace Talks
Russia and the U.S. are close to reaching a compromise to unlock the start of Syrian peace talks next week, three Western and United Nations diplomats said, averting the threat of a collapse of efforts...
View ArticleTranscript of the press conference given in Geneva by the United Nations...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 25 January 2016 Moderator : Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you for your patience. I know you have been waiting for a little while, but...
View ArticleUN Syria talks to seek national ceasefire, not with IS and Nusra
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. mediated talks on ending the war in Syria will push for a countrywide ceasefire,...
View ArticleIs there hope for the latest round of Syria peace talks?
Peace talks meant to end five years of bloodshed in Syria were supposed to begin in Geneva on Monday. But disputes over the guest list have pushed the negotiations back to Friday — if they take place...
View ArticleSyrian Peace Talks to Start Friday in Geneva, UN Envoy Says
The latest effort to end Syria’s five-year war will begin in Geneva on Friday, according to a United Nations envoy, after a delay caused by disagreements over which groups could attend. Staffan de...
View ArticleUN talks on Syria due to begin later this week despite disagreements
Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy for Syria, says talks are scheduled to start on 29 January but says they will be ‘uphill anyway’...
View ArticleKerry hopes for ‘clarity’ in Geneva peace talks on Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed hope for ‘clarity’ in planned Geneva peace talks on the years-long crisis in Syria. Kerry says he hopes for clarity on the Syrian peace talks within 24 to...
View ArticleDelayed intra-Syrian talks, brokered by UN, to begin on Friday in ‘uphill’...
Print 25 January 2016 Intra-Syrian talks that were scheduled to begin in Geneva today under United Nations sponsorship will now start on Friday, with the first priority being a broad ceasefire,...
View ArticleKerry seeks "clarity" within 48 hours on Syria peace talks
Vientiane, Cambodia (ANTARA News) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said he hoped for "clarity" within 48 hours on the parameters of peace talks aimed at ending Syria's five-year war....
View ArticleUN envoy lowers expectations ahead of Syria talks on Friday
Lowering expectations about his ability to help end Syria's civil war, the U.N. special envoy announced talks between government and opposition representatives will start on Friday to embark on a...
View ArticleUN sees Syria peace talks stretching for six months
A new round of peace talks to end the Syrian conflict will begin in Geneva on Friday, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said, after a delay over who will represent the country's fractious opposition....
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