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Syrian peace talks

A general view shows destroyed buildings in Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed district, on December 12, 2016, after Syrian pro-government forces retook the area from rebel fighters. (AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN)
November 24, 2017, 6:43 am
Syrian opposition agrees to send united delegation to Geneva talks
As efforts to end the war intensify, over 100 opposition members gather in Riyadh to unify their ranks ahead of talks with Assad regime
By Rania Sanjar
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (r), Russia's President Vladimir Putin, (c), and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani pose for the media members in Sochi, Russia, November 22. 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool via AP)
November 22, 2017, 10:36 pm
Russia, Iran, Turkey agree to advance Syrian peace
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia hosts Syrian opposition groups in effort to unite them ahead of Geneva peace talks
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Sarah El Deeb
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, July 3, 2017. (SANA via AP)
July 3, 2017, 7:43 pm
Syrian military declares temporary cease-fire ahead of talks
Regime forces say halt of combat operations in the south of country is to support the peace process and reconciliation
By AP
Delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey hold talks on Syrian peace at a hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, January 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
June 3, 2017, 3:07 pm
Next round of Astana Syria peace talks set for mid-June
Negotiations between regime, rebels in Kazakh capital will aim to establish definitive borders for ‘de-escalation zones’
By AFP
Syrian children pose for a photo near their house in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on May 6, 2017. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP)
May 8, 2017, 8:02 pm
Pentagon chief: US studying Moscow’s Syria safe zone plan
Mattis says US looking at way to end war, amid skepticism over long-term prospects for Russian-brokered agreement
By AFP
In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photograph, crew bring an F-18 below deck on the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Persian Gulf. The carrier soon will begin launching airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
May 5, 2017, 12:26 pm
Moscow says Syria safe-zone deal bans US-led coalition aircraft
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish areas across the war-torn country where Assad’s air force would be barred from flying
By AP
Russian mediator Alexander Lavrentiev, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend the signing of a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria during the fourth round of Syria peace talks in Astana on May 4, 2017. (Stanislav FILIPPOV / AFP)
May 4, 2017, 5:05 pm
Russia, Turkey, Iran ink deal on safe zones in Syria
Members of opposition walk out in protest at Tehran’s involvement in talks, accusing it of being party in the war
By Dana RYSMUKHAMEDOVA
Syrian protesters take part in a demonstration outside the United Nations office in the capital Damascus, on April 11, 2017, in support of the country's strongman Bashar Assad, depicted in the portrait. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)
April 18, 2017, 2:17 am
After US strikes, Trump’s Syria plan starts coming into view
As with Obama’s policy, the US looks to focus on the fight against IS, then seek stability ahead of a peaceful transition that removes Assad from power
By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee
A general view shows smoke rising from buildings following an air strike on Jobar, a rebel-held district on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on March 21, 2017. (AFP/Ammar SULEIMAN)
March 23, 2017, 7:26 am
UN-backed Syria peace talks to restart in Geneva
Escalating violence and deadlock on key issues dimming hopes of a breakthrough between government, rebels
By AFP
Smoke billows following a reported air strike in the rebel-held parts of the Jobar district, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on March 19, 2017 .(AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY)
March 19, 2017, 11:36 pm
Clashes in Syria capital after surprise rebel assault
Attack on government forces comes days ahead of fresh UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aiming at ending six-year war
By Layal Abou Rahal
Manbij Military Council forces, part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), drive a humvee as they patrol the surrounding roads of in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on March 3, 2017. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
March 4, 2017, 3:51 pm
Tens of thousands flee clashes between Syria army, IS
Local authorities in ravaged north struggle to shelter 40,000 civilians displaced by regime’s Russia-backed offensive to oust jihadists
By Delil Souleiman and Layal Abou Rahal
Illustrative: Syrian government forces man a checkpoint at the President Square in Homs on February 25, 2017, as security measures were tightened following a number of suicide attacks. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
February 25, 2017, 10:52 pm
Main Syria opposition condemns ‘terrorism’ after Homs attack kills dozens
Denunciation comes after Syrian envoy calls any party that fails to censure bombing ‘an accomplice of terrorism’
By AFP
Smoke billows from buildings following reported air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa, on February 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
February 25, 2017, 8:07 pm
Syria vows ‘retaliation’ as attack jolts peace talks
UN says suicide bombing in Homs that killed 42 was an attempt to ‘spoil’ Geneva meeting between regime, rebel officials
By AFP
Illustrative: Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following a reported government airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Tishrin, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 22, 2017. (Msallam Abdalbaset/AFP)
February 23, 2017, 9:39 am
Syrian peace talks to resume with expectations low
‘Am I expecting a breakthrough? No, I am not expecting a breakthrough,’ says UN envoy amid diplomatic deadlock
By AFP
Illustrative: smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa on February 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
February 20, 2017, 5:55 pm
Syria army ramps up shelling near capital ahead of talks
Opposition accuses regime of again increasing its attacks to cement gains ahead of planned peace conference
By Maya Gebeily
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