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Geneva peace talks: Syria to allow women and children to leave besieged area of Homs

UN mediator at the Geneva peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that Syria will allow women and children to leave…

11 years ago

Geneva peace talks: Syria’s opposition and government meet face to face

Syrian government and opposition representatives have met briefly face to face in Geneva in what is being hailed a small…

11 years ago

Geneva: Syrian government delegation threatens to quit peace talks

Syrian government delegation has threatened to quit peace talks in Geneva if "serious" discussions do not begin by Saturday. Foreign…

11 years ago

Iranian hostages held by Syrian rebels freed

Forty-eight Iranians held hostage by rebels in Syria since August have been freed, Iranian state TV reports. The Iranians were…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad to speak on Syria conflict

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is to give a rare speech to the nation, state media say, as he continues to…

12 years ago

Syrian air strike on Halfaya bakery kills at least 90 people

At least 90 people have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in the central Syrian province…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad agrees to Eid al-Adha ceasefire

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's envoy to Syria, says President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to abide by a ceasefire during…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi meets Bashar al-Assad in Damascus

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has met Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Lakhdar Brahimi, who represents the UN and…

12 years ago

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

Syria: at least 25 people killed in a warplane strike in Aleppo as UN envoy starts job

Violence is continuing in Syria, with opposition activists saying that a warplane may have killed as many as 25 people…

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

Barack Obama warns Syria’s chemical weapons use may spark US intervention

President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change…

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