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Members of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee and the Cairo and Moscow groups meet in Riyadh on August 21, 2017 (AFP Photo/FAYEZ NURELDINE)

Syrian Opposition Fails to Form Unified Delegation to Geneva

by Nayef al-Rasheed and Caroline Akoum | Aug 23, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Riyadh– Syrian opposition meetings in Riyadh ended on the first day without managing to form a unified delegation to participate in the Geneva negotiations. The meetings in Riyadh, which were supposed to stretch over two or three days, saw an exchange of...

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Syrian actor and opposition member Jamal Suleiman and former deputy PM Qadri Jamil, member of Syria’s regime-tolerated opposition, are seen during a meeting in Riyadh. (AFP)

Syrian Opposition Meetings in Riyadh Start with Limited Hopes for Consensus

by Nayef al-Rasheed and Caroline Akoum | Aug 22, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Riyadh – The Syrian opposition kicked off on Monday its meetings in Riyadh, amid little hope over the possibility to reach consensus over disputed issues, in particular the transitional phase and the fate of Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad. Well-informed...

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ISIS Pulls out from 25 Villages after Saudi-Turkish Threat- Alloush

ISIS Pulls out from 25 Villages after Saudi-Turkish Threat- Alloush

by Nayef al-Rasheed and Caroline Akoum | Feb 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Mohammed Alloush, senior member of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee (HNC), on Feb.21, confirmed that ISIS has yielded around 25 villages, located in the rural areas of Aleppo, to the Assad regime. ISIS withdrawing from the villages came as a result to the...