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UN Envoy To Syria To Hold Talks To Form Panel To Draft New Constitution
The UN special envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus on Sunday for fresh talks on forming a committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for the war-ravaged country.
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Syria Peace Talks Pushed Back To April 13, Says United Nations
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday the next round of Syria peace talks will begin on April 13 after he completes a diplomatic tour, including stops in Damascus and Tehran.
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Turkey Wants Syria Ground Operation With Allies
Turkey said today that it wanted a ground operation in neighbouring Syria with its international allies, as a UN envoy held talks in Damascus aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire plan.
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Air Strike Kills Dozens In Syria As UN Envoy Visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.
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UN Envoy in Damascus for Briefing on Syria Peace Talks
The UN's envoy to Syria met with its foreign minister in Damascus today as part of ongoing efforts to negotiate a solution to the four-year war, state media said.
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UN Envoy in Syria to Seek Aleppo Truce
A UN envoy arrived in the Syrian capital today for talks with the regime to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged second city of Aleppo.
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Syria UN Envoy to Head Government Team in Moscow Talks
The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, will head the government team in peace talks due to open in Moscow on Monday, a pro-government newspaper reported.
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UN Syria Envoy Says Damascus Gave Positive Signals on Local Truce Push
The United Nations peace envoy to Syria said on Tuesday that Syrian officials had given him positive signals on a U.N. proposal for a local truce in the northern city of Aleppo, a main battleground in Syria's three-year-old war.
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'Terrorist Groups Must be Confronted': UN Syria Envoy
The world must confront "terrorist groups" in Syria and beyond but the war-ravaged country also requires a political solution, the UN's new envoy on the conflict said in Damascus on Thursday.
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Syria peace conference in mid-November: envoy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will announce Friday that a new Syria peace conference will be held in Geneva in mid-November, UN diplomats told AFP.
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Syria crisis: Permanent members of UN Security Council to meet today
Envoys from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council - will meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Syria, diplomats said.
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Syria envoy says soldiers gassed in new incidents
Syria's UN envoy said on Wednesday that dozens of Syrian soldiers inhaled poison gas in new incidents in his country and called on the United Nations to investigate.
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Syria violence: Fresh clashes, shelling in Damascus and Aleppo, says watchdog
Syrian troops on Sunday fought rebels and shelled their bastions in the country's two main cities Damascus and Aleppo, a day after UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned the conflict threatens world peace.
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Syria envoy to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad Assad: UN chief
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is due to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a visit to Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. The U.N. chief reiterated his call for the Security Council to take action on Syria and for world powers to use their influence over the two warring sides to halt the 17 months of violen...
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Kofi Annan heads to Syria under shadow of massacre
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.
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UN Envoy To Syria To Hold Talks To Form Panel To Draft New Constitution
The UN special envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus on Sunday for fresh talks on forming a committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for the war-ravaged country.
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Syria Peace Talks Pushed Back To April 13, Says United Nations
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday the next round of Syria peace talks will begin on April 13 after he completes a diplomatic tour, including stops in Damascus and Tehran.
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Turkey Wants Syria Ground Operation With Allies
Turkey said today that it wanted a ground operation in neighbouring Syria with its international allies, as a UN envoy held talks in Damascus aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire plan.
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Air Strike Kills Dozens In Syria As UN Envoy Visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.
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UN Envoy in Damascus for Briefing on Syria Peace Talks
The UN's envoy to Syria met with its foreign minister in Damascus today as part of ongoing efforts to negotiate a solution to the four-year war, state media said.
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UN Envoy in Syria to Seek Aleppo Truce
A UN envoy arrived in the Syrian capital today for talks with the regime to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged second city of Aleppo.
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Syria UN Envoy to Head Government Team in Moscow Talks
The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, will head the government team in peace talks due to open in Moscow on Monday, a pro-government newspaper reported.
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UN Syria Envoy Says Damascus Gave Positive Signals on Local Truce Push
The United Nations peace envoy to Syria said on Tuesday that Syrian officials had given him positive signals on a U.N. proposal for a local truce in the northern city of Aleppo, a main battleground in Syria's three-year-old war.
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'Terrorist Groups Must be Confronted': UN Syria Envoy
The world must confront "terrorist groups" in Syria and beyond but the war-ravaged country also requires a political solution, the UN's new envoy on the conflict said in Damascus on Thursday.
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Syria peace conference in mid-November: envoy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will announce Friday that a new Syria peace conference will be held in Geneva in mid-November, UN diplomats told AFP.
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Syria crisis: Permanent members of UN Security Council to meet today
Envoys from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council - will meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Syria, diplomats said.
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Syria envoy says soldiers gassed in new incidents
Syria's UN envoy said on Wednesday that dozens of Syrian soldiers inhaled poison gas in new incidents in his country and called on the United Nations to investigate.
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Syria violence: Fresh clashes, shelling in Damascus and Aleppo, says watchdog
Syrian troops on Sunday fought rebels and shelled their bastions in the country's two main cities Damascus and Aleppo, a day after UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned the conflict threatens world peace.
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Syria envoy to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad Assad: UN chief
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is due to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a visit to Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. The U.N. chief reiterated his call for the Security Council to take action on Syria and for world powers to use their influence over the two warring sides to halt the 17 months of violen...
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Kofi Annan heads to Syria under shadow of massacre
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.
