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Arab League-United Nations Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, center, gestures, followed by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, before a meeting on Syria at the UN offices in Geneva, December 20, 2013. (Reuters/Fabrice Coffrini)

Opinion: The Geneva II Opportunity

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 25, 2013 | Opinion

With the Syrian civil war set to enter its fourth year in March, having exacted terrible human losses upon the country which have dwarfed even those of previous civil wars and internal conflicts in the region, and with increasingly more brutal atrocities committed by...

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UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi delivers a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, 05 November 2013 (EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT)

Syria: Geneva II to begin on January 22

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 25, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syria’s government and opposition will sit down at the negotiating table in Geneva on January 22, 2014, for the first time since the eruption of the civil war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday. In a statement declaring...

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An image grab taken from a video shows opposition fighter holding a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) as his fellow comrades take cover from an attack by regime forces on August 26, 2013 during clashes over the strategic area of Khanasser, situated on the only road linking Aleppo to central Syria. (AFP PHOTO / SALAH AL-ASHKAR)

Opinion: Will the Battle for Qalamoun torpedo Geneva II?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 24, 2013 | Opinion

Whose stance should we believe in? Is it possible to gamble on pledges? Within a period of a few hours, the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad reiterated remarks indicating that he has nothing new to offer with regards to ending the suffering of the Syrian people,...

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General Salim Idris in his office in Istanbul, Turkey (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Free Syrian Army chief on ISIS, Geneva and Syria’s civil war

by Thair Abbas | Oct 15, 2013 | Interviews

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite his impressive title, General Salim Idris, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), may well have an impossible job. As a collection of different fighting groups with their own needs, leaders and...

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President of the Syrian National Council (SNC) George Sabra (C) and members of Syrian National Council attend a press conference at the end of Syrian Opposition meeting on May 30, 2013 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE.)

Syrian opposition faces split over Geneva peace talks

by Layal Abu Rahal | Oct 14, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the Istanbul-based Syrian National Council George Sabra threatened on Sunday to pull his group out of the Syrian opposition’s main umbrella opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, if it participates in the peace talks...