ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON AFP Photo A U.N. representative for Syria on Tuesday praised the agreement reached between Russia and Turkey that has averted what officials had warned could have […]
UN Photo/Violaine Martin Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria briefs the press on the last day of the 8th round of the Intra-Syrian talks, Geneva. 14 December […]
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on December 11, 2017 Patient diplomacy: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a meeting with the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) in […]
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a news conference at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura put the […]
Reuters International DEC 16, 2016 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, December 14, 2016. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Andrew Osborn and Nick Tattersall MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said he and his Turkish […]
Syrian civilians and activists hold a banner reading in Arabic “Long live Syria, down with Assad” during an anti-regime demonstration. Photo: AFP Published: 17 Apr 2016 18:22 GMT+02:00 Syria’s opposition High Negotiations Committee threatened Sunday to suspend its participation in UN-backed peace talks if there is no progress on […]
Apr 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The resumption on Wednesday of Syria peace talks in Geneva coincides with continued violence in this Arab country and stubborn differences regarding the issues to be discussed first. While there is now a broad agreement that the political transition issue should figure high on […]
VOICE And, trust me, they will. So what comes next? BY JAMES TRAUB FEBRUARY 1, 2016 The Syrian peace talks that were to start last Monday, then Friday, just might get underway this week. But even if the Syrian regime accepts a U.N. resolution requiring an end to the starvation […]
When Staffan de Mistura became UN special envoy, his past successes brought hope for peace. A year later, with no solution in sight, he faces heavy criticism. Has his innovative diplomacy failed or is it simply mission impossible? A Syrian rebel in Aleppo, in 2013. The war shows little sign […]
GENEVA: Thousands of people “will most likely be massacred” if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a UN envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian […]