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Syria’s opposition delegation leader Nasr al-Hariri (C) arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool

HNC Lead Negotiator Warns US Absence was Threatening Ongoing Syria Peace Efforts

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 28, 2017 | Middle East

Lead negotiator for the main Syria opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), Mohamad Sabra, said in an interview late Monday that the United Nations sponsored talks in Geneva remained “stalled”. A political deal to end the Syrian conflict is not...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the media during a news conference in Vienna July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderRTR3YRQE

Should the Gulf Negotiate Iran or De Facto Aggressor: ‘The Revolutionary Guard’?

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion

Iran’s elite revolutionary guard, an armed force intended to protect Tehran’s theocratic regime, has registered disruptive and intrusive activity in 14 regional states. The guards operations in Syria alone cost the cleric-led regime some $100 billion. A paper written...

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Reporters work in the media center set for Syria peace talks, in Astana, Kazakhstan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Syria Talks in Kazakh Capital Put Off by One Day

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East

The Syria crisis talks held at the Kazakh capital Astana and involving Russia, Iran and Turkey have been put off by one day until Thursday, sources said on Wednesday. A spokeswoman for United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura – who had also been...

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Mohammad Alloush of the Jaish al Islam faction and member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) attends a news conference after a meeting with U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura during Syria Peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

HNC Member: Heading to Astana to Affirm Commitment to Ceasefire

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- ​Mohammad Alloush of the Jaish al-Islam faction and member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said that the purpose of opposition’s participation in Astana negotiations is to affirm commitment to the ceasefire, release arrestees in the regime prisons and...

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Afghan men stand at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghan High Peace Council: Imminent Meeting between Government and Taliban

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jan 12, 2017 | World

Kabul- Sheikh Ahmed Gailani, chairman of the Afghanistan High Peace Council, said that efforts will be made during the upcoming period to hold a meeting between the government and Taliban for the purpose of achieving reconciliation. Gailani said that hopes are pinned...