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Smoke rises from the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Bloody Day for Turkish Army at Al-Bab Battlefront

by Saeed Abdelrazek, Paula Astih | Feb 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- The Turkish Army faced a bloody day Thursday in the countryside of Aleppo, in northern Syria, after a Russian warplane accidentally attacked Turkish soldiers while hitting ISIS positions around al-Bab city, killing three of them and injuring 11 others....

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Syrian forces raise their flag over an area of Aleppo (Reuters)

Moscow Excludes ‘Committee’ from ‘Astana’, Promotes Ceasefire

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Dec 24, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow – While the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) had anticipated the distribution of invitations to the Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, by rejecting to participate in the intra-Syrian meeting, informed sources told...

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President of the Syrian National Coalition Khaled Khoja delivers remarks regarding Russian air strikes on Syria at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York September 30, 2015. Russia launched air strikes in Syria today in the Kremlin’s biggest Middle East intervention in decades. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly – RTS2IBM

Syria’s Political Opposition Says Hopes Clinton Wins U.S. Presidency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Syria’s political opposition expressed on Monday hopes that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidential election next week because she has a better understanding of the conflict than Donald Trump, according to members of a...

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The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) delegation member George Sabra attends a meeting with UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool

Syria’s HNC to Resort to U.N. Resolution ‘Uniting for Peace’

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Oct 16, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- Syria’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC), based in Riyadh, revealed that it will be moving along with many world countries to push for enacting the ‘uniting for peace’ resolution as of Monday. Over a hundred countries will be contributing to the initiative,...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, take their seats at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, to discuss the crisis in Syria. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photos via AP)

Syrian Rebels Cast Doubt, HNC Hopes for Civilian Relief after U.S.-Russia Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 10, 2016 | Middle East

The High Negotiations Committee, a Syrian opposition umbrella group, on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow and Washington, but moderate Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels said they saw little chance of the new agreement succeeding because Damascus and...