Government, Russia responsible if peace talks fail
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups said Saturday it is "impossible" to begin a negotiating process with the government without the implementation of U.N. resolutions pertaining to humanitarian iss...
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian armed rebel groups said on Saturday they held the Syrian government and Russia responsible for any...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels: Government, Russia Responsible if Talks Fail
VOA News Syrian opposition said Saturday that it is “impossible” to start negotiations with the government before the implementation of U.N. resolutions on humanitarian issues. A joint statement signed...
View ArticleSyrian rebels threaten to ditch peace talks
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups said Saturday it is impossible to begin a negotiating process with the government without the implementation of U.N. resolutions pertaining to humanitarian issues, and...
View ArticleRebels: Government, Russia responsible if peace talks fail
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian opposition groups said Saturday it is "impossible" to begin a negotiating process with the government without the implementation of U.N. resolutions pertaining to humanitarian...
View ArticleGovernment, Russia responsible if Syrian peace talks fail: Rebels
Syrian opposition groups said on Saturday it is 'impossible' to begin a negotiating process with the government without the implementation of UN resolutions pertaining to humanitarian issues, and...
View ArticleSyrian rebels say Russia responsible if peace talks fail
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups say they hold the Syrian government and its Russian backers responsible for any...
View ArticleUN Syria envoy: Geneva talks an opportunity not to be missed
The U.N. special envoy to Syria said Thursday that the peace talks he plans to launch in Geneva "in the next few days" are an opportunity not be missed, urging Syrians to step up to the occasion to end...
View ArticleOpposition says Syrian peace talks unlikely to begin Friday
A Syrian opposition figure said Thursday that indirect peace talks between the government and opposition are unlikely to begin on Friday for "technical reasons," adding that his group has named a...
View ArticleUN envoy declares 'official beginning' to Syria peace talks
Syrian peace talks gained a small measure of momentum Monday with the U.N. special envoy formally declaring the start of indirect negotiations, even as the opposition spokesman accused Russia of...
View ArticleUN envoy declares ‘official beginning’ to Syria peace talks
Overview of the Syria peace talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Members of the main Syrian opposition group said Monday they plan to...
View ArticleThe Latest: MSF: Starvation deaths in besieged Syrian town
The Latest on U.N.-hosted peace talks for the Syrian civil war in Geneva (all times local): ___ 10:00 p.m. Doctors Without Borders says people in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya are dying of...
View ArticleUN, Syrian Opposition Say Discussions 'Positive'
Luis Ramirez LONDON— U.N. envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is meeting again Monday with opposition delegates in Geneva, after making progress in resolving some of the issues the main opposition group...
View ArticleUN Syria envoy to start talks in Geneva without opposition
GENEVA (AP) -- A U.N. official said Syrian peace talks will begin in Geneva as planned Friday, despite an ongoing boycott by the main Syrian opposition group which continues to stay away pending...
View ArticleStage is set for Syria peace talks as opposition arrives in Geneva
Geneva: A delegation from Syria's main opposition group arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad's government be made to comply with a UN...
View ArticleUN-hosted Syria peace talks get off to shaky start
Peace talks aimed at ending Syria's five-year civil war got off to a shaky and chaotic start Friday, with the main opposition group at first boycotting the session, then later agreeing to meet with...
View ArticleSyria peace talks open in disarray with opposition groups staying away
GENEVA — Peace talks aimed at ending the Syrian war opened in disarray Friday, with the opposition standing firm to a decision not to attend unless steps are taken to deliver food to hungry people in...
View ArticleUN hosted Syria peace talks begin in Geneva
GENEVA (AP) -- Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria's five-year conflict began Friday at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group. The talks are...
View ArticleRussian airstrikes threaten Syria peace talks, opposition says
Representatives refuse to attend meeting with UN envoy in Geneva and demand action to stop ‘indiscriminate bombing’...
View ArticleSyrian opposition criticizes Russian aggression as peace talks inch on
Geneva, Switzerland (CNN)Warring forces in Syria's gruesome civil war are meeting in Geneva in hopes of ending the bloodshed, as illustrated Sunday by a triple bombing near a suburb in Damascus that...
View ArticleU.S., France Charge Russia, Syria With 'Torpedoing' Peace Talks
The United States and France charged Russia and the Syrian regime with stymieing peace negotiations with an unrelenting campaign to retake opposition-held territory even during the talks. Throughout...
View ArticleAfter 2 days, Syrian peace talks to take a 'temporary pause'
The peace talks in the Syrian civil war are taking a break. The fighting is not. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced Wednesday there would be a "temporary pause" in the indirect...
View ArticleSyrian opposition to meet UN envoy over humanitarian demands
Members of the main Syrian opposition group said Monday they plan to give U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura a "roadmap" for implementation of their humanitarian demands on Syria that they say must happen...
View ArticleSyria: Peace Talks Collapse, Aleppo Encircled, Disaster Looms
The past week has seen major developments on the ground in Syria which imperil the entirety of rebel held Syria. The regime has launched an offensive in the north Aleppo countryside which has cut the...
View ArticleAnalysis: Pause in Syrian talks shows peace remains elusive
BEIRUT (AP) -- It was hardly unexpected that the Syrian peace talks in Geneva would break off in recrimination. But the speed in which it happened — only two days after the U.N. had declared them...
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