File Photo, Residents watch the skies during an air raid by forces loyal to Assad. Saad Abobrahim/Reuters
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Ankara — Syrian opposition factions in the countryside of Homs and Hama announced on Thursday signing a renewed “de-escalation” agreement with Russia, six weeks after the Syrian regime breached a similar deal. A delegation of the Syrian opposition negotiators...
City of Idlib. Mohamed al-Bakour/AFP
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...
