Eurasia Press & News
UN head Ban Ki-Moon called on all parties in the war to observe a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Ban called on all Syrian parties to observe a truce during Ramadan.
Read More »Syrian Opposition Interim PM steps down
Interim Prime Minister of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Ghassan Hitto announced his resignation on Monday, nearly four months after his appointment.
Read More »UNSC pledges to find solution for Syrian conflict
Rosemary DiCarlo, Acting Permanent Representative of the US who took over as chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month, has stated that they would endeavour for finding a solution to Syria issue at the UNSC.
Read More »Syria conference likely after September
A proposed peace conference on Syria will likely not happen until at least September, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, July 2, after meeting here with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kerry spoke privately with Lavrov for nearly
Read More »UN experts visit Turkey to investigate Syria chemical weapons claims
U.N.-appointed inspectors, blocked from entering Syria, are in Turkey to gather information about possible use of chemical weapons in the civil war, officials said on Thursday. Members of the team assembled by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had
Read More »Turkish FM and Russian counterpart discuss Syria situation
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, June 26 as preparations for the Geneva II conference to find a path to a solution for the deadlock in Syria are ongoing.
Read More »Death toll in Syria near 100,000
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have retaken a town on the Lebanese border as they press an offensive against rebels in a conflict that has now cost more
Read More »G8 leaders could not reach agreement on Syria
G8 leaders could not reach a consensus despite the leaders’ pressure onRussia in Northern Ireland. G8 leaders could not persuade Russia to find a political solution to the
Read More »Turkey says it will take action if it sees border threats
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that Turkey will take action if it sees any new threat of an attack on its porous Syrian border like the twin blasts in Reyhanlı that killed 52 people last month. “If there was any
Read More »United States and Russia push for Syrian peace at G8 Summit
Russia and the United States agreed at a G8 summit Monday to push for Syria peace talks, even if Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama made clear their deep differences over the conflict. Gathered with other leaders of the world’s top industrialised countries in Northern Ireland, Obama
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