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United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

UN Syria Envoy Bemoans Lack of Aid Deliveries, Urges Aleppo Truce

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Humanitarian convoys have not reached this month besieged areas of Syria with civilians in dire need of food and medicine, U.N. peace envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. “Not one single convoy in one month has reached any of the humanitarian...

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Ould Cheikh: Core Issues Are Being Discussed at the Yemen Consultations

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

The UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh confirmed in an exclusive statement to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Yemeni peace negotiations in Kuwait which resume today are proceeding at a good pace and are making significant progress. He also indicated that Gulf support is...

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A handout picture provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross shows a group of Syrian Arab Red Crescent workers being briefed before heading out in a convoy to deliver vital aid to the town of Madaya, Syria, 14 January 2016.- EPA/SOMAR REZK/ICRC/

Red Cross spokesman Says Syria Aid Deliveries Difficult Despite Truce

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Despite a nearly month-old US-Russia engineered ceasefire agreement, aid deliveries to besieged areas of Syria remain hard to make, said a Red Cross spokesman on Wednesday, calling for more regular access to those in need of help. Since the start of the cessation of...