Chief Syria opposition negotiator quits over failed peace talks
The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator in UN-brokered peace talks has announced his resignation, branding the…
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At least 60,000 dead in Syria regime prisons: Monitor
At least 60,000 people have died in Syrian government prisons over the past five years from torture or due to dire…
UN chief urges talks to end Syria ‘nightmare’
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged regional and international powers to push Syrian warring parties to engage…
Ferocious fighting in Syria’s Aleppo after rebel offensive
Fierce clashes raged overnight on the edges of Syria's second city Aleppo after a major rebel offensive, an AFP…
Kerry warns Assad as truce talks shift to Berlin
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria's Bashar al-Assad of "repercussions" if his regime flouts a new…
Moscow hopes for truce ‘within hours’ as fighting rocks Aleppo
Russia said Tuesday it hoped a new ceasefire could be announced within hours for Syria's battered city of Aleppo,…
Syrian conflict ‘in many ways out of control’, Kerry warns
Syria's civil war is "in many ways out of control" US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday, vowing to work…
Syria opposition rejects UN proposal for Assad to stay
Syria's opposition has rejected a proposal from the UN envoy that would have kept Bashar al-Assad as president…
China assigns first special envoy for Syria crisis
China appointed Tuesday its first special envoy for the Syrian crisis, a career diplomat who has served as…
Syria regime forces close in on IS group-held Palmyra
Syrian pro-government forces were poised to launch an assault to retake the Islamic State group-held city of…
UN envoy sees staggered start to Syria peace talks
The United Nations Syria envoy expects a staggered start to peace talks next week, with participants arriving over…
Syria’s fledgling truce enters second day
Syria's fragile ceasefire entered its second day on Sunday, with battlezones across the war-scarred country…
U.N. halts Syria talks as government closes in on Aleppo
A United Nations envoy has halted his attempts to conduct Syrian peace talks Wednesday after the army, backed by…
Syria peace talks struggle as US says ‘seize moment’
The UN special envoy for Syria fought Sunday to keep alive the biggest diplomatic push yet to end the Syrian war…
Kerry: No agreement in Syria talks on Assad’s future
There is still no agreement on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad despite concrete progress in talks on…