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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura with Lavrentiev at the Astana talks on May 3, 2017/AFP
by Caroline Akoum, Paula Astih and Tah Abd Al-Wahed | May 5, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- States acting as guarantors in bolstering the ceasefire in Syria have signed a memorandum on four de-escalation zones proposed by Russia during the fourth round of talks held in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday. The three guarantor countries,...
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Syrian Democratic Forces fighters gesture while posing on a damaged airplane inside Tabqa military airport after taking control of it from ISIS, west of Raqqa city, Syria , April 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said
by Caroline Akoum, Paula Astih and Tah Abd Al-Wahed | May 3, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Moscow- The Russian proposal to establish four “zones of de-escalation” is expected to predominate the UN-sponsored “Astana 4” intra-Syrian talks between opposition forces and regime officials that are planned to kick off in the Kazakh capital on...