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Topic: Kofi Annan

May 1, 2013
10:58 pm

In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at United Nations headquarters. (Photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria wants to call it quits

Lakhdar Brahimi apparently finds speaking for two organizations with different views makes mediating a political transition almost impossible

By Edith M. Lederer

April 19, 2013
10:06 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters carry a banner during a demonstration in Idlib province, northern Syria, last month. (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)

UN-Arab League envoy: Syria not cooperating

‘With the Syrians, I got nowhere,’ Lakhdar Brahimi says after providing the Security Council with a grim assessment of the civil war

March 27, 2013
9:27 pm

Kofi Annan, a former UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria and former UN Secretary General, believes the Syrian rebels are committed to fighting for control of the divided state. (Photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)

Kofi Annan claims it is too late for outside intervention in Syria

From the web Former UN secretary general says Western intervention at this point may do more harm than good, The Telegraph reports

March 1, 2013
5:05 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Kerry to bring Erdogan to task for ‘offensive’ remark

As US secretary heads to Ankara, official says Turkish premier’s branding of Zionism as ‘crime against humanity’ has a ‘corrosive’ effect on US-Turkey ties

February 28, 2013
11:09 am

Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the UN Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum (photo credit: screenshot webtv.un.org)

Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime against humanity’

Turkish PM slammed for juxtaposing Jewish self-determination with anti-Semitism, Islamophobia; UN chief called out for remaining silent

By Raphael Ahren

December 27, 2012
1:38 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian FM meets Syrian envoy in improbable attempt to revive peace plan

Moscow, Assad’s strongest backer throughout the conflict, now appears resigned to dictator’s ouster

November 28, 2012
7:51 am

Syrian militiamen known as "shabiha" stand watch in Damascus. The gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villages, seeking vengeance on enemies of Bashar Assad. (photo credit: Kfar Suseh Coordinating of the Syrian Revolution/AP)

UN committee slams rights abuse by Syria, Iran

Nonbinding resolutions call for halting violent attacks on civilians, releasing prisoners and ensuring freedom of assembly

October 23, 2012
12:35 am

Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

UN planning peacekeeping force for Syria

Security Council prepares for cease-fire — if one ever takes hold

By Michael Astor

October 20, 2012
10:35 pm

Former UN chief Kofi Annan, left, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem meeting in Damascus in July (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Annan warns military intervention won’t work in Syria

Former UN chief says Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan is ‘dead wrong’ regarding the failure of a diplomatic push

By AP and Yoel Goldman

October 17, 2012
9:22 pm

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan disagrees with US President Bill Clinton over what went wrong during Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (Photo credit: Rob Judges)

Kofi Annan: To bring peace, you have to deal with terrorists

In a new memoir and an interview with The Times of Israel, the former UN chief says it was a mistake not to work with Hamas, blames the US for siding with Israel, and says Syria is headed for ‘the abyss’

By JP O’ Malley

September 21, 2012
11:34 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 photo, a wounded woman, still in shock, leaves Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms

Decision could close supply line for Assad; US seeks ban of Iranian aircraft with similar cargo

By Karin Laub

September 19, 2012
2:03 pm

Lakhdar Brahimi (left) during his visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, September 18 (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)

Syrian opposition head calls for immediate Arab intervention

Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood wants to weaken king’s powers

By Elhanan Miller

September 18, 2012
11:52 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meeting with the UN-Arab League's special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi earlier this month (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Syria war to take center stage in upcoming UN meeting

Frustrated diplomats don’t expect any breakthroughs as Security Council members fail to agree on joint action

By Edith M. Lederer

September 13, 2012
3:01 pm

UN special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on September 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

New UN envoy arrives in Damascus

Lakhdar Brahimi will meet with government and opposition members in first visit to Syria since replacing Kofi Annan

September 11, 2012
12:08 am

Bashar Assad at the parliament in Damascus in June (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Senior Russian official says Assad regime ‘is still solid’

Deputy FM claims Syrian leader would step down if electorate were to demand a replacement

By Asher Zeiger

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