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Lakhdar Brahimi has crisis talks in Turkey

The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has had talks in Turkey amid rising tensions between Ankara and Damascus.…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi says Syria mission is “nearly impossible”

Lakhdar Brahimi, the new UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, has given a deeply pessimistic view of the task ahead of…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad in rare public appearance at al-Hamad mosque

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has made his first appearance in public since a bomb attack in Damascus last month killed…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi confirmed as new UN Syria envoy

Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has been appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, officials have confirmed. Lakhdar Brahimi,…

12 years ago

UN ends observer mission in Syria

The United Nations has decided to end its military observer mission in Syria, days before its mandate expired. A small,…

12 years ago

Arab League calls emergency talks over Syrian crisis

Foreign ministers from the Arab League are due to meet in the Saudi city of Jeddah for talks over Syrian…

12 years ago

Kofi Annan resigns as UN Syria envoy

Kofi Annan is quitting as UN-Arab League envoy, the UN has announced. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Kofi Annan…

12 years ago

Arab League asks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down

Arab League foreign ministers have called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, as rebels are encouraged by last week's…

12 years ago

Syria: at least 11 people died after a police detainee van was blown up on Idlib-Ariha highway

At least 11 people have died in north-west Syria after a police van carrying prisoners was blown up on the…

13 years ago