Syria: Key Demands for Lasting Peace
The Syrian Observer
February 8, 2016
A statement by 18 Syrian organizations to the Syrian negotiation parties, UN and the ISSG
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A statement by 18 Syrian organizations to the Syrian negotiation parties, UN and the ISSG
Assad delegation will only attend dialogue based on principles of Vienna statements and UN resolution 2254, which states talks must be held without preconditions, foreign minister tells reporters
Civilians and militants call on armed rebel groups to unify as regime offensive in the province’s countryside threatens to blockade thousands of residents in the city
Youths and government employees called on to join pro-regime militias in the northern province amid shortage of army manpower
Widow of late President Hafez Assad passes away aged 86
Syria’s internal opposition denounces the attending opposition delegation to Geneva, adding that the peace talks were “doomed to fail”
Opposition figure says UN envoy de Mistura conceded to “the dictates of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and adopted the unrealistic political discourse adopted by the opposition delegation”
Local council and activists accuse UN of assisting regime in distributing aid to loyalist district of besieged Moadamiya instead of the intended recipients who are suffering from starvation
Russian military adviser killed in shelling carried out by ‘terrorists’, defense ministry reports
Islamic State militants flee to assemble in the area of the thermal power station as regime forces secure villages of al-Sin, Jeb Ghabsha, Jeb al-Kalb and Aleena
Foreign ministry spokeswoman says opposition delegation withdrew from the talks after rebel fighters faced a series of defeats by the Syrian army and allied forces
Medical sources claim deaths were recorded in January in the predominantly Kurdish towns of Tal Barak and Tal Hamis
Statements made by French and US diplomats imply bewilderment at the Syrian army’s recent victories, says official source
The Syrian opposition faces pressure from countries led by America, at a time when a large number of the Friends of Syria Group nations are backing away from supporting their cause
UN halts peace talks until February 25 amid an impasse between regime and opposition negotiators and an escalation in fighting on the ground in Syria
Syrian army loyalist militias cut “terrorist supply routes” from the Turkish border after retaking towns in Aleppo’s northern countryside
Locals say couple killed and 11 others arrested in army raids on purported ISIS cells in the Lebanese border town of Arsal
Despite the daily horrors and dangers, civil defense workers have devoted their lives to saving and assisting the Syrian people in the most extreme circumstances
Assad regime gives opposition forces in the Homs countryside until Thursday to hand over weapons, threatening escalation if rebels do not comply
United Nations bid to hold talks hampered by diplomatic failure as fighting intensifies on the ground between regime forces and rebels in a number of areas
