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 ...

GENEVA: The United Nations reopens its Syria peace talks on Tuesday but the Damascus government’s last minute announcement that it may not come to Geneva delivered a blow to the already faltering negotiations.The eighth round of talks were seen as a chance for the UN to revitalise its push to end ...

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 ...

Astana: A fresh round of peace talks seeking to end Syria's war began in the Kazakh capital Astana on Monday, as part of a Moscow-led push supported by Iran and opposition backer Turkey.The latest round of talks began days after the Islamic State jihadist group was forced out of its de facto ...

The seventh round of Syria peace talks begin at Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday.The two day talks will focus on strengthening the cease-fire brokered by Turkey, Russia and Iran.The meeting will also discuss the release of captives and hostages and humanitarian action on mines.  

GENEVA: A new round of United Nations-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria is set to begin in Geneva next week, the office of the UN mediator said Monday. "Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017," ...

Syria's chief negotiator said on Saturday that the "only thing" achieved at 10-day talks in Geneva was an agreed agenda and that the government wanted a unified opposition delegation as its negotiating partner.In his first remarks since talks ended on Friday, Bashar al-Ja'afari, Syria's ambassador ...

GENEVA: (APP) Syria's opposition on Monday urged Russia, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, to put pressure on Damascus to help kickstart sputtering peace talks in Geneva. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), the main opposition group at the UN-sponsored talks, said it expects to meet a ...

A United Nations peace envoy said a militant attack in Syria on Saturday was a deliberate attempt to wreck peace talks in Geneva, while the warring sides traded blame and appeared no closer to actual negotiations.Suicide bombers stormed two Syrian security offices in Homs, killing dozens with ...