Syria-UN

On Wednesday evening the Syrian government hinted it will not cooperate with the United Nations peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, unless he severs ties with the Arab League. The Syrian...

The government of Syria has presented an outline of its chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, AP reported on Friday. The organisation's spokesman,...

Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Al Mu'allem, on Saturday rejected suggestions that the future of President Bashar Al Assad should be decided during a possible peace conference in Geneva in...

UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi expressed on Monday his support to the establishment of a new Syrian republic, where Syrian people would "decide its nature."...

The Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ibrahim Saif, said on Wednesday that his country needs about $3 billion to cover the costs of hosting Syrian refugees this...

Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to hold an international conference in an effort to end the civil war in Syria. The conference will possibly be at...

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for Israelis and Palestinians to seize the current chance at peace represented by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. "This may...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...

On Monday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for setting up a "joint mission" consisting of 100 experts to carry out the dangerous operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons,...

As tripartite US, UN and Russian discussions in Geneva about Syria ended Tuesday, deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that no time was set for the Geneva meeting....

Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to buy arms worth up to $15 billion from Russia, and provided a raft of economic and political concessions to the Kremlin – all...

Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on Friday that Britain is to host a meeting of the core group of the Friends of Syria in London on Tuesday. In a...

The government of Cyprus has agreed to establish a base in a disused airport for the UN chemical weapons inspectors working in Syria. The base will allow them easy...

On May 7th, 2013, the United States and Russia agreed to hold an international conference to end the war and "prevent the dismantlement of Syria". The agreement was announced...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the crisis in their war-ravaged homeland, leaving behind family, friends and their livelihoods. Escaping with little more than the clothes on...