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...
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...
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...