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Syrian army soldiers patrol the area around the entrance of Aleppo’s Bani Zeid district on July 28, 2016. (Photos by AFP)

U.S.,Russian Consultations to Announce a “One-Week Truce” In Syria

by Michel Abu Najm, Nazeer Rida, Caroline Akoum | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

Paris, Beirut: While U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura seeks to hold a new round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva at end of August, French sources said that Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was informed by his U.S. counterpart John Kerry that a team of...

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People try to put out a burning fuel truck after it was set ablaze during clashes between Houthis and fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz, May 25, 2015. Reuters

The Legitimacy Leaves Kuwait, the Houthi Stubbornness Threatens Peace

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh, Jeddah- The Yemeni delegation left yesterday Kuwait, where U.N.-sponsored peace talks were talking place, after rebels rejected a draft plan presented by U.N. Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed based on Resolution 2216. The Yemeni government delegation, which had...

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Abdullah al-Muallami, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN (AFP/ File).

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Complain to U.N. over Iran Maritime Assault

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, asserted that the complaint presented by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the U.N. on Tuesday over Iranian maritime violations in the split area divided between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow, on March 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO

Lavrov and Kerry Optimistic about Syria Talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2016 | Middle East

London-Optimism prevailed over the diplomatic meetings concerning the intra-Syrian talks. U.N. Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura was hopeful that the Syrian peace talks will resume, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed on setting a date and had anticipated...

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A girl stands on debris next to a damaged building in Homs, August 2, 2012. Picture taken August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Yazen Homsy

Syrian Regime Ready for Unconditional Negotiations…Opposition: We Don’t Trust Them

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of the Syrian Opposition was calm regarding Bashar Assad regime’s inclination to restart unconditional negotiations, saying it had zero confidence in the regime. The committee’s spokesperson Monzer Makhous told Asharq...