by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 24, 2014 | Middle East
Geneva/Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Negotiations on the Syrian crisis in Geneva appear to have suffered another setback on Friday as a planned face-to-face meeting between the Syrian government delegation and Western-backed opposition groups scheduled for later...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 22, 2014 | Middle East
Montreux, AP—Peace talks to carve a path out of Syria’s civil war got off to a rocky start Wednesday as a bitter clash over President Bashar Al-Assad’s future threatened to collapse the negotiations even before they had begun. The dispute over Assad cast a...
by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 9, 2014 | Middle East
Paris, Asharq Awsat—The Istanbul-based Syrian National Coalition announced that it has postponed its decision on whether to attend the Geneva II peace talks until January 17 after 43 members walked out of a meeting in what represents the latest sign of the widening...
by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 5, 2014 | Middle East
Paris and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is due to hold a two-day meeting on Sunday and Monday in Istanbul amid increasing international pressure on its leaders to participate in the Geneva II peace conference scheduled to begin on January...
by Mina Al-Oraibi | Oct 23, 2013 | Middle East
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...
