Syria Mediator Kofi Annan

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  Former Mediator Kofi Annan Sees Chance of Syria Peace in US-Russia Talks

  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.

• UN confirms Algeria's Brahimi to replace Annan as Syria envoy

  The United Nations on Friday confirmed that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will replace former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria as the 17-month-old conflict slides deeper into civil war.

• UN suspends Syria monitoring as violence rages

  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.

• Kofi Annan 'shocked' by mounting violence in Syria

  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.

• 'Friends of Syria' tighten screws on Damascus regime

  Western and Arab nations called on Sunday for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to be given a deadline to meet the terms of a peace plan as fresh clashes in a year-long uprising claimed another 40 lives.