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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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Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Sedat Onal, left, and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov shake hands, as Russia’s special envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaber Ansari, right, shake hands and UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura stand during Astana talks. AP

Moscow Submits Draft of New Syria Constitution to Opposition

by Taha Abed alWahed | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow – Despite all confirmations that Astana talks will only address military aspect related to implementing ceasefire in Syria, the Russian delegation participating in the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital submitted a solution for the Syrian...

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Residents inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on a market in the rebel controlled city of Idlib September 10, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Rebels Go to Battle in Northern Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 24, 2017 | Middle East

Fierce clashes erupted in northwestern Syria on Tuesday between extremist opposition fighters, clinging to their stronghold, and moderate rebel groups. Free Syrian Army (FSA) groups, some of whom have representatives attending peace talks in Kazakhstan, accused Jabhat...

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Syrians evacuate a body from the rubble of a building following air strikes in Aleppo’s rebel-held neighborhood of Tariq Al-Bab. — AFP

Speculations on Russian-Turkish Agreement for Assad Forces Entering Aleppo’s ‘al-Bab’

by Paula Astih | Jan 24, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Syrian political experts indicated that current geopolitical odds support that a Russian-Turkish agreement has been brokered, allowing Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces to enter al-Bab town located 40 km northeast of Aleppo, 30 km south of the Turkish border....

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A car is parked in front of Rixos President Hotel, the venue that hosts Syria peace talks, in Astana, Kazakhstan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Syria Rebels Vow to Continue Fighting If Astana Talks Fail

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 23, 2017 | Middle East

A spokesman for the Syrian rebels said on Monday that the group vows to continue fighting should the talks with head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad in the Kazakh capital Astana fail. “If the negotiations succeed, then we are with the negotiations,” rebel...