Donors set to stump up billions for Syria
- 25-Apr-2018
International donors are expected Wednesday to pledge billions of dollars for Syria after the UN's special envoy warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in the rebel-held region of Idlib.
Assad negotiators meet UN envoy at Syria peace talks
- 29-Nov-2017
GENEVA: Syria’s government met with United Nations envoys on Wednesday for talks aimed at ending the civil war, in a small boost for the negotiations that Damascus had threatened to boycott. The government had initially refused to confirm it would attend the talks, which began on Tuesday, after the rebels signalled they would continue to […]
Fresh Syria talks slated for July 10 amid slim hopes for progress
- 17-Jun-2017
GENEVA: A fresh round of UN-sponsored Syria peace talks will begin on July 10 in Geneva amid slim hopes for progress towards ending over six years of bloodshed. UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura also said he intended to convene further talks in August and September, adding meetings on constitutional and legal issues will continue […]
UN Syria envoy says talks have set agenda for progress on peace
- 04-Mar-2017
GENEVA: Syria’s first U.N.-led peace talks in almost a year ended on Friday without breakthrough but the United Nations mediator said the warring parties now had a clear agenda to pursue a political solution to the country’s six-year-long conflict. Both sides could point to small victories. The opposition said that the question of political transition […]
UN envoy questions US engagement on Syria
- 19-Feb-2017
MUNICH: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Sunday questioned US President Donald Trump’s engagement in solving the Syrian conflict, just days ahead of crucial peace talks in Geneva. “Where is the US in all this? I can’t tell you because I don’t know,” he said, adding that the new administration was still trying to work […]
UN dismisses rumours that Syria envoy has quit
- 24-Nov-2016
GENEVA: The United Nations on Thursday dismissed rumours that its special envoy for the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, had resigned. “Media reports that Special Envoy de Mistura is resigning his post are not accurate. The Special Envoy remains fully engaged on his mission,” the UN said in a statement. Arabic media had reported earlier Thursday […]