Tag: Syria
Syria peace talks enter day two, no hint of compromise
Syria's peace conference moved into a second day Thursday with the warring sides showing no willingness to compromise as global powers seek to engineer...
Syria peace conference opens with rifts over Assad
Syria's government and its enemies came face to face for the first time on Wednesday at a one-day peace conference in Switzerland which world...
Syria crisis: US praises opposition move to attend peace talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has hailed a decision by Syria's main political opposition group to attend next week's peace talks in Switzerland.
Responding...
Syria ready for relief to civil war victims: Russian FM
Russia said on Friday that Syria was ready to take a series of humanitarian steps that would lead to the quicker delivery of assistance...
US, Gulf Arab states pledge $1 billion for Syrian aid
Patrons including the United States and wealthy Gulf Arab countries pledged $1 billion on Wednesday for U.N. humanitarian efforts in Syria which has been...
Syrian forces kill dozens of rebels
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens of rebel fighters who were attempting to break an army siege of the central city...
Russia blocks Security Council from condemning Syrian Govt
Russia on Wednesday blocked a statement by UN Security Council condemning the deadly airstrikes by Syrian forces backing President Bashar al-Assad's forces and use...
Syria moves out first chemical weapons consignment
Syria on Tuesday started the movement of chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of a disarmament program that has...
Scandinavian ships in new attempt to collect Syria’s chemical arms
In a fresh bid to collect Syria's chemical arms, Norwegian and Danish ships are due to set sail from Cyprus again on Friday.
The Scandinavian...
Syria misses deadline to remove chemical arms
Ships waiting to remove Syria's chemical weapons have returned to port in Cyprus because the country has missed a December 31 deadline.
Syria was supposed...
Syria, India among three most dangerous countries for media in 2013
Pakistan ranks fifth with nine casualties during the year
A total of 126 journalists and other media workers around the world have died on the...
Geneva II: US not convinced to include Iran for peace talks...
International negotiators have reached a deadlock on whether or not to invite Iran for peace talks over the Syrian conflict, according to the UN-Arab...
Saudi religious leader urges youth not to fight in Syria
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has urged young Saudis to refrain from fighting in Syria. The...
Saudi spy chief says Riyadh to ‘shift away from US’ over...
Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief has said the kingdom will make a "major shift" in relations with the United States in protest at its perceived...
Rouhani warns of Talibanisation of Syria
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Thursday that Syria could become an extremist haven and called for cooperation to end the civil war.
Iran considers...
Syria hands over chemical arms inventory to watchdog
Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal on Saturday, meeting a deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes, the...
UN Chief urges Syrian Govt to destroy chemical weapons
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Syrian government to immediately transfer chemical weapons and chemical precursors to a safe place within the...
