by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 5, 2017 | Middle East
After his remarks on the fate of Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad sparked concern about a French shift in policy, President Emmanuel Macron sought on Wednesday to ease these fears by meeting with Riad Hijab, head of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee, which...
by Caroline Akoum | May 31, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut-The Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC) has convened a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during a visit to Paris where it also met with UN Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura, two weeks after its meetings in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut– German Foreign Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel stressed his country’s commitment to supporting a political process in Syria, during a meeting on Tuesday in Berlin with Riad Hijab, the General Coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee of the Syrian...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Syria’s main opposition negotiating group said it would refuse any deal concluded between Russia and the United States on Syria’s fate that was very different from its own proposed transition plan, the group’s general coordinator Riyad Hijab said on...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 30, 2016 | Middle East
The chief peace negotiator of Syria’s mainstream opposition in the Geneva peace talks has resigned on Sunday amid no signs of progress in the U.N.- backed peace process that began earlier this year. Mohammed Alloush said he took this step because the...
