Members of the Syrian opposition delegation attend the Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 5, 2017. (Reuters) The comments came after the 9th round of peace talks hosted by the United Nations in Vienna. Before the SNC announcement, UN officials said they were still “evaluating the situation” before making a decision as to whether to attend the Sochi talks.
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Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on Friday.A member of the Free Syrian Army inspects the damaged buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Al-Tarrab neighborhood near Aleppo International airport May 20, 2013. The failure of the Syrian National Coalition to alter its Islamist-dominated membership as demanded by its international backers and replace a leadership undermined by power struggles…... [read more]
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ROME– US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday doggedly pursued his hopes of both ending the war in Syria and bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to negotiations on the third day of a whirlwind tour. Fresh from a marathon day of diplomacy in Moscow at which he agreed with Russian leaders to organise a conference seeking to end the bloodshed in Syria, the new top US diplomat met for talks with Israeli peace negotiators. In a surprise move, Kerry announced he would make his fourth trip back to Israel in less than three months towards the end of…... [read more]
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Syria's political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts an invitation to Iran, President Bashar al-Assad's main backer. Washington, however, suggested it could support Iran's participation if it explicitly declares its support for a June 2012 plan for a political transition that the United States says means Assad would have to step down. "This is something Iran has never done publicly and something we have long made clear is required," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. ""If Iran does not fully and publicly…... [read more]
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(VOVworld)- After two days of shuttling between nearby rooms, UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says that delegations from the Syrian government and opposition will today talk face to face for the first time. The direct talks were expected to begin yesterday. But the opposition refused to sit in the same room as their foes until the government agreed in writing to the Geneva I communique. That document, put together in 2012, sets out the basis for a transitional government. Despite a fraught start, Brahimi insists that the talks are back on track.... [read more]
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On the morning of March 6, in the Dong Nai Training College of Economics, Youth Union of Group of People, Government and Party held the talk entitled themed "Climate Change and Youth's Responsibility". Assistant Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ky Phung from Southern Sub-institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment accompanied by more than 400 Youth Union members from professional schools under the group and the Provincial Public Security members joined the talk. At the talk, Assistant Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ky Phung presented some of the special subjects associated to climate change, such as: earth warming, high sea level rise, climate severity, green house…... [read more]
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