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U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, left, gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad speaks during a new press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2014. (EPA/Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Geneva II faces political complications
Geneva, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes raised in the last two days for an agreement to allow humanitarian aid into the old town in the besieged Syrian city of Homs during the Geneva II conference were quashed on Sunday when the Syrian government refused to allow humanitarian...Caption:
File photo of US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford. (AFP)
Robert Ford: Syrian regime blocking aid is ‘criminal’
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decision of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to announce an interim government in territories it controls in Syria has raised concerns among both Syrian opposition groups and the countries backing them, including the United States....Caption:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London October 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)
‘Friends of Syria’: No role for Assad in Syria’s future
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ‘Friends of Syria’ group of states called on the Syrian government and its opponents to attend a forthcoming peace conference aimed at ending the country’s civil war at a meeting in London on Tuesday. Foreign ministers...Caption:
FILE – In this Sept. 10, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool-File)