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Turkey-backed rebels have largely taken control of the Syrian town of al-Bab from ISIS militants, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in Ankara. "Al-Bab has been largely taken under control. Our …
Turkey is expected to provide information on the composition of its delegation and the armed Syrian opposition's participation at the latest round of ceasefire talks in Astana, the Kazakh foreign minister Kairat …
The armed opposition will attend the meeting in Kazakhstan’s Astana to be held on February 15 on Syria, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said. Bogdanov noted that the Syrian …
The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Hashem al-Sheikh, said in his first video speech that has promised to escalate attacks against the Syrian army with the goal of liberating all of Syria's territory. "We …
Syrian opposition will refuse to participate in talks on the Syria crisis settlement in Geneva, scheduled for February 20, if its demands made during the Astana negotiations are not fulfilled, the head of the Syrian armed opposition delegation to …
The Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) will gather on Friday in Riyadh to form the delegation for participation in the forthcoming settlement talks in Geneva, HNC spokesman Riyad Naasan Agha said. …
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations wants upcoming talks in Geneva between the Syrian government and rebel groups to be a success and this means focusing on core issues including a transitional …
Russia’s draft of Syria’s Constitution generalizes the proposals of the Syrian government and opposition groups over the past years, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "The draft …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with the representatives of Syria’s internal and external opposition today in Moscow to brief them on what happened in Astana. Lavrov said earlier that all …
Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) members will take part in the meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and officials from Syria’s opposition, PYD representative in Russia Abd Salam Muhammad Ali …
Iran will not consider the demands of the Syrian opposition to withdraw Hezbollah and Iranian militias from Syria, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Jaber Ansari said. "We will not consider …
The Syrian rebel delegation has no plans to sign a communique at the Astana talks, its spokesman Yahya al-Aridi said. "There will be no signing. The guarantor countries, that is, Russia, Turkey and maybe Iran, will …
The talks on the Syrian settlement in Astana may continue on Wednesday, the opposition delegation spokesman Osama Abu Zeid said. "If the countries-guarantors say that they need more time, one more day, we will …
An Iranian delegation headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari arrived at the Rixos President Astana hotel that hosts talks on the Syrian peace settlement in order to resume the negotiations. Earlier, …
The intra-Syrian negotiations mediated by Russia, Iran and Turkey are witnessing the first time when the Syrian government delegation is seated at the same table as the armed opposition since the start of the conflict in the Arab country. …
Russia is ready to facilitate the establishment of a unified Syrian opposition, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said. "This is their [opposition's] task. We are ready to facilitate and …
Representatives of Syria’s Kurdish National Council have been invited to the intra-Syrian talks slated for January 23 in Astana, Kazakhstan, a source said. "Hakim Bashar, Ibrahim Baru and legal advisor Darvish Mirkan, …
Armed groups of the Syrian opposition have requested "compliance with the truce agreement" from Damascus. According to a joint statement of 12 organizations headed by the so-called Free Syrian Army, which was published by Al Arabiya TV …
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday called for Russia and the Syrian regime to take steps toward finding a political solution to the conflict in Syria, urging a ceasefire and saying the fall of Aleppo would not mean an end to war. …
Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have edged even closer to Syria's al-Bab with the support of the Turkish Armed Forces, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. "We have sent a team of our experts and a U.S. …
