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Hollande and Hariri at the Elysee on Monday/NNA

Hollande Awards Hariri High-Level Legion, Vows to Support Lebanon

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 4, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- In his first official visit to Europe since he returned to the Grand Serail following Lebanon’s presidential elections, Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Paris on Monday before heading later to Berlin and Brussels. Hariri’s presence in Europe is important...

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UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, left, holds talks with Syria’s main opposition negotiator Nasr al-Hariri/Reuters Martial Trezzini

Trump’s Priorities in Syria Lead to Uncertainty

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 1, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva, Beirut- The priorities of the Trump administration uncovered by US officials on Thursday have mixed all the cards on the eve of the end of Syria’s fifth round of peace talks held in Geneva. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and US ambassador to the UN both...

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Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Nasr al-Hariri arrives for a meeting with United Nations Syria envoy on the first day of a new round of Syria peace talks on February 23, 2017 in Geneva.
UN-brokered Syrian peace talks resume in Geneva, but hopes of a breakthrough are dim, clouded by persistent violence and deadlock over the country’s political future. / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

Nasr al-Hariri: Intra-Syrian Negotiations Could Last 20 Years

by Michel Abu Najm | Mar 31, 2017 | Interviews

Geneva – Head of the Syrian opposition delegation to Geneva Nasr al-Hariri called on the international community to exert more efforts on the Syrian Regime to convince it to discuss all issues submitted for negotiations, adding that should such efforts fail, the...

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General view of a meeting with Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) delegation and UN Special Envoy for Syria during Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool

De Mistura Stays UN’s Special Envoy for Syria as Geneva Talks Remain Stalled

by Michel Abu Najm | Mar 30, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – UN had finally given out signs that the Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will remain in position, after days of rumors that he might resign. Syrian and diplomatic delegations at the Geneva 5 talks had been occupied with the speculations concerning...

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura delivers his speech during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Moscow Sets March 20 Date for Geneva 5

by Michel Abu Najm | Mar 5, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- Western diplomatic sources saw that the main positive result of the eight days of Geneva 4 is that both delegations (the regime and the High Negotiations Committee of the Syrian Opposition (HNC)) agreed to discuss in a parallel manner the following four topics:...