MOSCOW: Russia, Turkey and Iran have reaffirmed their determination to fight terrorism in Syria in order to ultimately eliminate all terrorist organizations including the Islamic States. According to a statement, Russian Foreign Ministry said representatives from the three states at an ...

United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura says he will take part in the latest round of Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana on Friday (December 22).Talking to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Mistura said he plans to ...

UN-sponsored peace talks on Syria, which were scheduled to end in Geneva on Friday, have been extended till 15th of this month.This was announced by the UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura at a press conference in Geneva.He said there will be a short break for the weekend and the talks will ...

Difficult negotiations on ending the devastating civil war in Syria began in earnest in Geneva on Wednesday after a government delegation arrived, with the UN mediator urging all sides to aim for "real progress".The government in Damascus had initially refused to confirm it would attend the United ...

Peace talks between Syrian government and the opposition are scheduled to resume in Geneva today.The opposition's delegation has already arrived.The UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura hoped that Syrian government will show up for serious talks.Meanwhile, eighteen people have been killed in ...

Syrian government delegation has postponed its departure to UN backed peace talks that are due to resume in Geneva on Tuesday.UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said it would not comment on the travel plans of the Syrian government.Meanwhile, Syrian opposition groups stuck by a long-standing demand ...

The United Nations envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has urged Syrian opposition groups to come up with a united delegation for the Geneva talks on 28th of this month.At the opening of the three-day meeting for the Syrian opposition in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the ...

RIYADH (APP) - Saudi Arabia, a key backer of Syria's rebels, has welcomed a ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Washington, but stressed President Bashar al-Assad's regime must abide by it.READ MORE: Russian Air Force targets ISIS in Syria Palmyra despite truceA foreign ministry source quoted by the ...

UNITED NATIONS (APP): The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the five-year crisis in Syria has he aims to convene a new round of intra-Syrian peace talks towards the end of August, and expressed hope that the United States and Russia would make "concrete progress" in order to improve ...

SAINT PETERSBURG, June 16, (APP): Russian economic forum: Putin to host EU and UN Leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin will look to refashion himself as a more reliable partner for the West as Moscow struggles to come in from the cold at its flagship economic forum in Saint Petersburg. Putin ...