Major powers fail to agree new date for Syria peace talks (Update 2)
Major power foreign ministers failed to agree a new date to resume Syrian peace talks at a meeting on Tuesday, and the opposition said it...
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Syrian opposition asks UN to halt peace talks
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and John Irish The mainstream Syrian opposition asked the United Nations to halt peace talks on Monday and rebel groups launched a...
Syrian state TV says 300 workers kidnapped by Islamic State
Islamic State fighters have kidnapped 300 cement workers in an area north-east of Damascus where the militants launched an assault against government forces this week,...
Syrian opposition not optimistic about Geneva peace talks
The Syrian opposition is not optimistic about upcoming peace talks in Geneva because there is no international will for a political transition, opposition member Riad...
Syrian army expects to retake Palmyra ‘within hours’ – TV (Updated)
Syrian soldiers and their allies advanced to within 1 km of Palmyra on Thursday and soldiers speaking from the outskirts of the historic city said...
Syria says ‘tolerance for terrorism’ led to Brussels attacks (Updated)
Syria said on Tuesday the attacks in Brussels were the “inevitable result of wrong policies and a tolerance for terrorism”, and called for an international...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote (Updated)
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the opposition...
Syria opposition to go to peace talks, says Assad escalating war
By John Davison Syria‘s main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing...
UN to restart Syria peace talks on March 9 (Updated)
The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talksby two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to...
Al Qaeda in Syria calls for more fighting as deadline nears (Updated)
By Tom Perry and Lidia Kelly Syria’s branch of al Qaeda, one of its most powerful Islamist rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting...
