Press TV- The Syrian opposition has rejected an initiative put forward by Russia during the latest negotiations in the Kazakh capital, Astana, to hold a congress, which would bring together Syrias warring sides in Sochi later this month. Members of Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee and the Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition (SNC) ...

Sputnik - The Syrian government and armed opposition delegations will take part in the forthcoming reconciliation talks in Astana. ASTANA (Sputnik) The Syrian government and armed opposition delegations have confirmed they will take part inthe next roundof reconciliation talks inAstana onTuesday and Wednesday, the Kazakh foreign minister said. "The ...

Press TV- The so-called Syrian National Coalition(SNC) says the opposition is halting its participation in the latest round of the Astana peace talksaimed at bringing an end to the deadly conflict in the Arab country. SNC spokesman Ahmad Ramadan said on Wednesday that the opposition delegation is suspending the meetings over alleged airstrikes ...

Alwaght- The Syrian conflict for certain is one of the most complicated global crises in terms of multitude of effective actors, the huge casualties, and the ever-changing military and political equations since the Second World War. Since 2016, the international will to find a settlement for the now six-year-old Syrian war saw a remarkable increase ...

Sputnik News- The Syrian opposition pledged to form a delegation to conduct special negotiations aimed at a comprehensive political solution to the Syrian crisis, by January 16, 2017, according to the agreement on the preparation of the intra-Syrian meeting. The Syrian opposition agreed to form a delegation for negotiations with the country's authorities ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Syrian opposition coordinator Riad Hijab defended his body's decision to walk out of peace talks in Geneva and criticized UN envoy Staffan de Mistura over the rise in violence, during a high level EU visit to the Turkish border province. Hijab's public criticism of de Mistura, who must be seen as neutral while trying to negotiate ...

Syria's chief negotiator in peace talks says the so-called opposition group High Negotiations Committee (HNC), which suspended its participation in the negotiations, does not represent the Syrian people. "To begin with, they (the HNC) do not represent the Syrian people," Bashar al-Jaafari said on Wednesday, adding, "Quite on the contrary, by leaving,...

Syria has announced its readiness to attend the peace talks slated to resume next week, while the Saudi-backed opposition is still undecided whether to partake in the sessions. A source close to the Damascus negotiating team said the Syrian delegates are set to participate in the negotiations that will resume in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 14,...

A Saudi-backed opposition group in Syria has held a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to discuss a ceasefire plan for the conflict-hit Arab country. Monzer Makhous, the spokesman for the so-called opposition group known as the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said that the group held a meeting on Monday. He added that the meeting is anticipated ...

The Syrian opposition cast doubt on whether it would go to peace talks planned for Friday, throwing U.N. diplomatic efforts into question and accusing the United States of adopting Iranian and Russian ideas for solving the conflict. The Saudi-backed opposition was meeting on Tuesday to decide whether to attend the talks which U.N. envoy Staffan ...

Russian envoy to UN Vitaly Churkin said that UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura should play a key role in forming the delegation of Syrian opposition that will ultimately meet with Bashar Assad government officials for reconciliation talks. UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) Lists ofoposition forceas and terrorist groups inSyria must be coordinated ...

BEIRUT (AP) -- A coalition of Syrian opposition groups has confirmed its choice for a new army chief after the former military leader refused to step down. The Western-backed coalition's higher military council issued a statement Saturday confirming Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir was their new chief, replacing Gen. Salim Idris. The military council ...

An Iranian deputy foreign minister has criticized the Qatari government for allowing the Syrian opposition to open an embassy in Doha. The intelligent and resistant people of Syria will never allow others to decide the future of this country, deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Friday. The official ...