Lakhdar Brahimi

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  UN Syria Envoy Opens Wide-Ranging Talks In Geneva

  The UN's peace envoy for Syria today launched wide-ranging consultations in Geneva with regional and domestic players, including Iran, in a bid to revive stalled talks to end the conflict.

• Staffan De Mistura Succeeds Lakhdar Brahimi as UN Envoy for Syria

  Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura was named UN mediator for Syria, taking on the challenging task of finding a political solution to the dragging civil war.

• Syria Peace Envoy Quits Amid New Chemical Arms Fears

  The United Nations peace envoy for Syria threw in the towel after failing to start a meaningful dialogue, as France accused Damascus of continuing to use chemical weapons.

• International Syria Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to Step Down on May 31

  International Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will step down on May 31 after nearly two years of seeking an end to "the brutal and still worsening" civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.

• Syrian peace talks reach impasse; US, Russia spar

  Peace talks aimed at forging a path out of Syria's civil war have reached an impasse - with no guarantee of continuing - after five days of sparring over responsibility for mounting violence back home and President Bashar Assad's future, government and opposition delegates said on Friday.

• Syria 'failure' looms, mediator seeks US, Russian help

  Warning that "failure" was staring him in the face, the Syria peace talks mediator said on Thursday that the United States and Russia had promised renewed support to keep their rival Syrian allies talking.

• Syria peace talks make little progress, says envoy

  Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, the international mediator said on Tuesday after a face-to-face meeting of the warring parties in Geneva that both sides called fruitless.

• Second round of Syria talks makes faltering start

  A second round of Syria peace talks got off to a shaky start on Monday with the international mediator meeting the two sides separately after violations of a local ceasefire and an Islamist offensive set back his efforts.

• UN, Red Crescent resume Homs aid operation after attack

  Aid workers resumed humanitarian operations in Homs on Sunday, a day after they came under mortar fire in the besieged rebel heart of the Syrian city, evacuating dozens of civilians and sending in supplies to 2,500 people trapped by civil war.

• Syria death toll tops 136,000, future talks uncertain

  The death toll in Syria's civil war has topped 136,000 after January saw one of the conflict's bloodiest months, an NGO said on Saturday, as violence claimed yet more civilian lives.

• Ice breaks in Syrian peace talks as two sides observe minute of silence

  Opposing sides in Syria's civil war stood together to observe a minute of silence on Thursday in honour of the tens of thousands killed in the three-year conflict, a rare symbol of harmony a week into peace talks that have so fare yielded no compromise.

• Syrian government says women, children can leave Homs district: mediator

  International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Sunday that the Syrian government delegation at peace talks in Geneva had told him that authorities would allow women and children to leave the besieged old district of Homs city straight away.

• Syrian civil war foes meet for first time, focus on aid

  Syria's civil war foes held their first face-to-face meetings on Saturday, launching talks aimed at ending nearly three years of conflict which has killed 130,000 people and destabilised the wider Middle East.

• Syrian civil war foes meet for first time, focus on aid

  Syria's civil war foes held their first face-to-face meeting on Saturday at the start of talks to end nearly three years of conflict which has killed 130,000 people and destabilised the wider Middle East.

• Syria sides to meet but peace talks may not take off

  After a day's delay and repeated bitter recriminations, the warring sides in Syria will hold their first joint meeting on Saturday to launch talks aimed at ending almost three years of conflict.