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U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attended the talks in Astana/ Reuters Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Nusra Confronts Syrian Factions in Response to ‘Secret’ Astana Clause

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Astana- A secret clause included in the Astana agreement triggered on Tuesday a battle between Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and Syrian opposition factions. The clause calls for bolstering the positions controlled by the Syrian regime and opposition forces during the...

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Militants from al-Nusra Front. AFP

Washington Puts Nusra Front Leaders on Sanctions List

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 12, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The United States upped pressure on Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, previously known as al-Nusra Front, by imposing sanctions on four of its leaders under regulations targeting people suspected by Washington of engaging in terrorist activity or supporting terrorist...

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Syrian army soldiers patrol the area around the entrance of Aleppo’s Bani Zeid district on July 28, 2016. (Photos by AFP)

U.S.,Russian Consultations to Announce a “One-Week Truce” In Syria

by Michel Abu Najm, Nazeer Rida, Caroline Akoum | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

Paris, Beirut: While U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura seeks to hold a new round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva at end of August, French sources said that Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was informed by his U.S. counterpart John Kerry that a team of...