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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](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/download-1-14.jpg)
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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’?](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/923749-iranforeignmin-1437468564.jpg)
Should the Gulf Negotiate Iran or De Facto Aggressor: ‘The Revolutionary Guard’?
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...Caption:
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](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/download-2-3.jpg)
Syria Talks in Kazakh Capital Put Off by One Day
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...Caption:
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](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bbbb.jpg)
HNC Member: Heading to Astana to Affirm Commitment to Ceasefire
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...Caption:
Afghan men stand at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
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