The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were struggling to agree on a draft resolution endorsing an international bid to end the five-year-old civil war in Syria ahead of ministerial talks taking place in New York on Friday. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power,[…]
The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic State as they push toward the Syrian town of, a key logistics hub for the group, U.S. officials tell Reuters. The munitions were shipped into Syria over land[…]
After more than four years of civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than half the population, Syria is still a country divided. A variety of actors are locked in a power struggle including President Bashar al-Assad’s troops, Kurdish forces, the al-Nusra front, the[…]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he wanted to use a visit to Moscow on Tuesday to make “real progress” in narrowing differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over how to end the conflict in Syria. Kerry is seeking to prepare the ground for a third round of talks[…]
At least 45 civilians were killed Sunday in heavy bombardment of a Syrian rebel stronghold east of Damascus that also struck a school, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rockets fired by regime forces rained down on the towns of Douma, Harasta, Saqba and Arbin[…]
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Abdel Al-Jubeir has issued a fresh call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down through negotiations or else be forcibly removed from power, as Syrian opposition groups held talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Jubeir made the statement on Thursday, while Syrian opposition leaders discussed[…]
Divisions have opened up at the Riyadh-based Syria opposition talks, with recriminations emerging over the invitation list, although optimism remains that a final joint opposition stance will be agreed. Hours before the conference was due to resume on Wednesday, one of the key participants criticised the organisers for inviting delegates[…]
Saudi Arabia is hosting a three-day meeting in Riyadh to try to unite the Syrian opposition before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. There have been attempts to do this before, but this time international peace efforts are gaining momentum. There is a need for the opposition[…]
At least 26 civilians were killed on Monday in a village in northeast Syria in strikes likely conducted by the US-led coalition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The raids struck the village of Al-Khan, which is held by the Islamic State group,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.[…]
A Syrian opposition meeting is due to begin in Saudi Arabia that will discuss ways to overcome their differences before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The talks, due to take place from Tuesday, are seen as the most serious effort yet to unify the opposition groups,[…]
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