Saudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition ahead of peace talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting Syrian opposition groups and many of the main rebel factions next week in an effort to come up with a unified front ahead of peace talks with representatives of...
View ArticleAfter Paris, Syria's peace process limps on
LAST week’s terrorist strike on Paris have refocused attention on Syria, where Western intelligence services are increasingly sure the attacks were planned. The country’s brutal...
View ArticleSyria: UN envoy cites possibility of ceasefire, future political framework to...
'>Jodi Hilton/IRIN' border=1> Print 19 November 2015 After briefing an informal session of the United Nations General Assembly about the “deliverables” that had come out of the recent...
View ArticleUS pushes Syria peace process after Assad rejects timetable
The US was pushing to keep Syria's peace process alive Thursday, saying President Bashar al-Assad's future will be decided in the coming weeks, after the embattled leader rejected an ambitious...
View ArticleUK to join world powers for new talks on Syria
World powers are meeting in Vienna in the latest round of discussions to bring an end to civil war in Syria. Hosted by the US, the talks in the Austrian capital will bring together Western nations...
View ArticleWill Islamic State attacks bolster prospects for political solution in Syria?
After multiple major attacks in less than two weeks – including the alleged bombing of a Russian jetliner over Egypt, a double-suicide bombing in Lebanon, and Friday's deadly attacks in Paris – a...
View ArticleLavrov, Kerry to Hold Meeting in Vienna Before Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to hold a meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry before multilateral talks on the Syrian settlement in Vienna, Russian Foreign Ministry...
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