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Men inspect the damage at a site hit by what activists said were two barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo’s al-Shaar neighborhood February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Rami Zayat

Geneva Syrian Rebel Negotiators: Progress is to Our Credit, Awaiting Agenda

by Caroline Akoum | Mar 7, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Syrian rebel negotiators saw that progress achieved at the Geneva peace talks lays the foundations for the upcoming period, even though a number of opposition forces believe that the outcome is a loss or a compromise that could have been avoided. Other...

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, prepares to shake hands with Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee, HNC, leader Nasr al-Hariri upon his arrival for a meeting during Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday,Feb. 27, 2017. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool Photo via AP)

Geneva: Intra-Syrian Talks Likely to be Suspended Friday, Resume on March 20

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – The fourth round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva “have not yet risen to the level of negotiations”, despite continuous efforts deployed by UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, according to European diplomatic sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Staffan de Mistura, U.N. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 3, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Geneva 4: Preliminary Discussions to Pave Way for Deeper Negotiations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has set out three key discussion areas as the basis for the ongoing intra-Syrian negotiations, within the framework of a working paper that he handed over to the two warring sides last week. AFP quoted de...

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U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura at the fourth round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva (Reuters)

Geneva 4: Procedural Matters Dominate Talks as Regime, Opposition Delegations Agree to Sit Together

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 25, 2017 | Middle East

Paris – Procedural issues overshadowed the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva on Friday, ahead of expected first-time direct negotiations between the regime and opposition delegations – a move seen as the fruit of hard efforts deployed by U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de...

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A woman walks past debris along a street in Aleppo’s Belleramoun Industrial Zone, Syria February 2, 2017. Picture taken February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Kazakhstan Invites Syrian Regime, Rebels to Astana Meetings

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 11, 2017 | Middle East

Delegations from the Syrian regime and rebels along with U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura have been invited to attend meetings on the Syria crisis in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana on February 15-16, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. According to...