Kofi Annan In Syria

Talks between Russia and the United States may produce a chance of peace in Syria, Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who tried unsuccessfully to forge a deal to end the war in 2012, said on Tuesday.

After months of sharp differences, Russia and the United States have agreed to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an international conference in search of peace.

As violence in Syria worsens, India has called on all parties within and outside the troubled country to fully cooperate with international envoy Kofi Annan to bring an end to the crisis. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, addressing a Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East yesterday,...

Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus on Sunday evening for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, his spokesman said, a day after the international peace envoy admitted that his peace plan had so far failed to end 16 months of bloodshed.

Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station on Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the US hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.

International peace envoy Kofi Annan intends to convene a high-level meeting on Syria in Geneva this Saturday as the conflict there intensifies, his deputy said on Wednesday.

Escalating violence in Syria forced United Nations observers to suspend operations on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that a peace plan brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan has collapsed.

Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stood accused by opponents on Thursday of a new massacre of scores of villagers, hours before a divided UN Security Council convenes to review the crisis.

International peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war, and a Syrian opposition figure said Russia had become part of the problem and should urge President Bashar al-Assad to quit power.

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Monday called on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small children.

UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan headed to Damascus on Monday in a bid to salvage his battered peace plan a day after the UN condemned the Syrian regime's use of artillery in a massacre that killed more than 100 people.

A roadside blast hit troops escorting the UN observers in Syria's south on Wednesday, a day after envoy Kofi Annan warned that his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war.

United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. Annan told the UN Security Council yesterday that the priority in Syria was "to stop the killing," and expressed concern that ...

Peace envoy Kofi Annan said today he was shocked by mounting violence in Syria ahead of a United Nations (UN) deadline for regime forces to cease fire, as Damascus said its troops will not withdraw from protest hubs without written guarantees.

Syrian opposition groups say government shelling and firefights between troops and army defectors have killed at least 24 in a village in central Syria. Syrian forces have launched offensives across the country as a cease-fire deadline brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nears. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that increased attacks by ...

Talks between Russia and the United States may produce a chance of peace in Syria, Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who tried unsuccessfully to forge a deal to end the war in 2012, said on Tuesday.

After months of sharp differences, Russia and the United States have agreed to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an international conference in search of peace.

As violence in Syria worsens, India has called on all parties within and outside the troubled country to fully cooperate with international envoy Kofi Annan to bring an end to the crisis. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, addressing a Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East yesterday,...

Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus on Sunday evening for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, his spokesman said, a day after the international peace envoy admitted that his peace plan had so far failed to end 16 months of bloodshed.

Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station on Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the US hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.

International peace envoy Kofi Annan intends to convene a high-level meeting on Syria in Geneva this Saturday as the conflict there intensifies, his deputy said on Wednesday.

Escalating violence in Syria forced United Nations observers to suspend operations on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that a peace plan brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan has collapsed.

Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stood accused by opponents on Thursday of a new massacre of scores of villagers, hours before a divided UN Security Council convenes to review the crisis.

International peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war, and a Syrian opposition figure said Russia had become part of the problem and should urge President Bashar al-Assad to quit power.

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Monday called on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small children.

UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan headed to Damascus on Monday in a bid to salvage his battered peace plan a day after the UN condemned the Syrian regime's use of artillery in a massacre that killed more than 100 people.

A roadside blast hit troops escorting the UN observers in Syria's south on Wednesday, a day after envoy Kofi Annan warned that his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war.

United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. Annan told the UN Security Council yesterday that the priority in Syria was "to stop the killing," and expressed concern that ...

Peace envoy Kofi Annan said today he was shocked by mounting violence in Syria ahead of a United Nations (UN) deadline for regime forces to cease fire, as Damascus said its troops will not withdraw from protest hubs without written guarantees.

Syrian opposition groups say government shelling and firefights between troops and army defectors have killed at least 24 in a village in central Syria. Syrian forces have launched offensives across the country as a cease-fire deadline brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nears. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that increased attacks by ...