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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

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

UN General Assembly condemns Security Council for failing to end Syria unrest

The UN General Assembly has voted by a big majority to condemn its own Security Council for failing to end…

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

Syrian forces renew attack on the city of Homs

Syrian government forces have renewed their attack on the city of Homs, one of the focal points of the uprising…

12 years ago

Turkey accuses UN Security Council of indirectly supporting the oppression of the Syrian people

The United Nations Security Council has been accused by Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan of indirectly supporting the oppression of…

13 years ago