by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Sep 16, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- Russian, Iran and Turkey, known as the guarantors of the peace talks in Astana have agreed Friday to establish a de-escalation zone in Idlib, northwest of Syria and to deploy 1500 monitors along the border of the area to prevent any clashes between...
by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- The Syrian regime and opposition delegations held on Thursday bilateral meetings in Astana with representatives of the de-escalation zones sponsors and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. The sixth round of talks is expected to...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow – Experts from the guarantor states held a round of consultations on Wednesday in the Kazakh capital to prepare for the 6th round of talks on Syria, which will be officially launched on Thursday and is expected to witness the signing of an agreement on...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow- Head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad received Tuesday Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Syrian presidency said in a statement. “During the meeting, the issues of military and military-technical...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Tuesday the importance of the sixth round of the Astana talks on Syria that will focus on the future of the region of Idlib. He told reporters as he returned to Turkey from a trip to Kazakhstan: “The...
