by Turki al-Suhail and Nayef al-Rashid | Aug 9, 2017 | Middle East
Riyadh – The Syrian National Coalition for Opposition (SNC), chaired by Riad Seif, arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for talks with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on various issues related to the Syrian crisis. A few days earlier, Saudi Arabia reiterated its position...
by Paula Astih | Jan 1, 2015 | Middle East
Beirut and Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Confusion continues over a prospective meeting between the Syrian opposition and the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Moscow, with the Syrian National Coalition set to discuss attending the peace talks in Cairo on Friday. The Russian...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 28, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Damascus said it was ready to participate in Russian-backed “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end the Syrian conflict, opposition Syrian National Coalition President Hadi Al-Bahra said that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut/Cairo, Reuters—Syria said on Saturday it is willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its civil war. But members of the Western-backed Syrian opposition dismissed the Russian...
by Paula Astih | Nov 26, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Disputes within the Syrian National Coalition, Syria’s umbrella opposition group, will not affect the work of its Istanbul-based interim government, opposition Prime Minister Ahmad Tu’mah told Asharq Al-Awsat. Tu’mah submitted the new interim...