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British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, talks with Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, center, and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, during the EU foreign ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2013 (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The EU dropped its arms embargo on the Syrian opposition yesterday after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels ended without agreement. Without a unanimous decision among member-states to either extend or lift the embargo, the existing ban...
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Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (L) meets with Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Manuel Garcia-Margallo in Madrid on May 21, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ DANI POZO)
by Andrés Cala | May 22, 2013 | Middle East
Madrid, Asharq Al-Awsat—A two-day meeting of the Syrian opposition in Madrid ended yesterday, with agreement on few issues except the refusal to negotiate with a Syrian government led by Bashar Al-Assad. The conference’s final resolution called on the international...
