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Syria envoys, opposition agree for direct talks: Brahimi

Fri Jan 24, 2014 21:10:13

The Syrian government and opposition have reached an agreement to sit down for their first ever direct talks, UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi announced.

Iranian FM urges all foreign elements out of Syria

Fri Jan 24, 2014 20:01:20

Iran's foreign minister calls for all "foreign elements" to leave Syria so its people can decide their future themselves.

Head of Syrian opposition leaves Geneva II talks

Fri Jan 24, 2014 18:46:19

Head of National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (NCSROF) Ahmad al-Jarba has left Geneva, a well-informed diplomatic source said.

Saudi prince urges US-led resolution on Syria

Fri Jan 24, 2014 18:20:44

A Saudi prince has attacked the United States on Friday over its policy on Syria, and called for a United Nations resolution to pull pro-government fighters out of Syria.

At least eleven Danish terrorists killed in Syria clashes

Fri Jan 24, 2014 17:10:49

At least eleven of the 90 people who have travelled from Denmark to Syria since the summer of 2012 to fight with terrorist groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad are believed to have been killed, the Danish security service said on Friday.

Syria envoys to leave talks if no serious session: FM

Fri Jan 24, 2014 16:22:58

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem was quoted by state television on Friday as telling international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi that if no serious work sessions were held by Saturday, the government delegation would leave.

Syria's Assad not ready to go yet: Kerry

Fri Jan 24, 2014 09:43:36

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is not ready to step down yet to make way for a transition government, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.

Syria forces repel attack, kill some 140 militants

Fri Jan 24, 2014 08:23:51

Syrian security forces have repelled an attack on a monastery in a city north of the capital Damascus, killing nearly 140 militants.

Ex-ISIL man reveals torture in name of ‘prison jihad’

Thu Jan 23, 2014 23:54:51

A former member of the al-Qaeda-linked group so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who has defected from the terrorist organization, has unveiled his criminal activities as an ISIL-commissioned prison warden and ordered to lash all male and female inmates under the label of “prison jihad.”

Nearly 1,400 killed in militant infighting in Syria

Thu Jan 23, 2014 20:47:37

Nearly 1,400 foreign-backed insurgent have perished in Syria since the infighting among rival militant gangs fighting against the Syrian government erupted in the Arab country.

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