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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Reuters

French Sources ‘Pressuring’ De Mistura on Syrian Opposition Delegation

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 8, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- Paris and other parties have been putting pressure on U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura to back off from hints that he would form Syria’s opposition delegation in case the latter failed to do so by February 8, according to senior French official...

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Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks to the press on the Intra-Syrian discussions. U.N. Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Syrian Opposition Denounces Staffan De Mistura’s Warnings

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 2, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Abu Dhabi – The Syrian opposition rejected Wednesday comments made by U.N. Envoy Staffan de Mistura that he could choose the opposition delegation representatives to U.N.-led talks in Geneva should it fail to do so. In remarks on Tuesday, the U.N. envoy said...

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United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura talks during a joint news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome, Italy December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

UN Envoy to Attend Astana Peace Talks, Syria Aid Still Blocked

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

The United Nation’s peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has been invited to peace talks convened by Russia, Turkey and Iran in the Kazakh capital Astana, his spokeswoman Yara Sharif said on Thursday. A U.N. statement said de Mistura himself would lead the U.N....

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Churkin: UN is Invited to Astana Negotiations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 6, 2017 | World

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said that the UN has been invited to participate in negotiations between parties to the Syrian crisis that are due to be held in Astana at the end of January. The Russian news agency Tass...

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Photo caption: Syrians evacuated from eastern Aleppo, get food aid from the Syrian Red Crescent inside a shelter in regime controlled Jibreen area in Aleppo. Omar Sanadiki/Reuters

O’Brien: Aleppo Turned Into “One Giant Graveyard”

by Jordan Dakamseh | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East

New York– The United Nations Security Council convened on Wednesday in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The U.N. Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called on the warring parties to allow the unconditional...