UN envoy arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian officials in a fresh bid to resolve the country’s four-year war
Announcement comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in highest-level US visit to Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis in 2013
UN special envoy says an official invitation was directed to the Iranian foreign minister to attend the conference in Geneva this May
Talks between the Syrian government and opposition figures will be held separately at the upcoming Geneva talks in May
Deputy foreign minister reveals a third round of Syrian-Syrian talks will likely be held in the Swiss city of Geneva in May
Representatives met in Tehran to discuss possible solutions for combatting regional threats
Syria welcomes framework agreement between Iran and the P5 1 on Iranian nuclear aspirations
UN delegate claims political settlement to the Syrian crisis is only achievable through dialogue with regime
The Syrian Observer publishes the statement that was signed by 57 Syrian and international rights groups as translated and published by the VDC
Daraya’s local council is currently governing the affairs of around 6,600 residents who remained in this city, out of an estimated population of 300,000 before the start of the uprising in 2011
The document reiterates the opposition’s calls for the implementation of the findings of a previous international conference on the conflict in Syria—the formation of an “Transitional Governing Body” with full sovereign powers—as well as measures to improve “the appalling humanitarian situation on the ground” in the country
Alla gave a briefing on humanitarian conditions in Syria, underlining the government’s special attention on the humanitarian issues
Father Frans, a Jesuit, arrived in Syria in 1966 after spending two years in Lebanon studying Arabic.
Syria’s armed conflict escalated even further in 2013 as the government intensified its attacks and began using increasingly deadly and indiscriminate weapons, culminating in a chemical weapons attack on the Damascus countryside on August 21
No way Assad to be part of the transition plan, and he could not regain legitimacy to govern, Kerry says
The group has long insisted that it refuses to negotiate until President Bashar al-Assad’s regime exits power
Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Qadri Jamil denies claims he was proposed as a potential replacement to Assad by the Russians
FSA’s chief of staff, General Salim Idris, admitted to a “lack of material resources necessary to create a unified body”
The opposition says it will not negotiate unless President Bashar al-Assad leaves office
Source says Russia insists Assad must run in elections
