Lakhdar Brahimi

Syria: Peace talks have made little progress, says Brahimi

UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Tuesday said that little progress has been achieved since the start of the second round of Syria peace talks resuming a day earlier.

Syria puts second round of peace talks on hold

Syria's government refused Friday to commit to a date for the next round of peace talks and roundly dismissed the opposition's demand to transfer power away from President Bashar Assad

Oppn-Syrian govt agree to talks in 'same room'

Bending to intense international pressure, Syria's government and the Western-backed opposition agreed Friday to face each other for the first time since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

Syria peace envoy renews call for talks

Lakhdar Brahimi, who had traveled to Damascus at the end of a Mideast tour to muster regional support for the conference, appeared uncertain about prospects for the meeting.

Syrian minister slams UN envoy Lakhdar Brahami

Following Brahimi's press conference here, in which he said "there are unacceptable practices both by the government and the armed opposition", al-Zoubi unleashed a barrage of criticism against him, reports Xinhua.

Syria crisis: UN-Arab League envoy calls for peace talks to restart in Geneva

The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria ended a days-long visit to Damascus on Friday, calling on both the government and the opposition to attend a peace conference in Geneva later this month but acknowledging the gathering cannot take place if the opposition refuses to take part

Syria crisis: UN envoy meets Opposition leader

The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria has met a senior opposition figure in Damascus as part of a diplomatic push to convince all sides in the country's crisis to attend peace talks in Geneva next month.

Syrian forces retake Christian town after week-long clashes with al-Qaeda

Syrian government forces retook a Christian town north of Damascus on Monday after a week of fierce clashes with al-Qaida-linked fighters who had recently captured key parts of it, state media said

UN envoy to Syria says chemical weapons may have been used

Brahimi spoke to reporters in Geneva as a UN inspection team was investigating the alleged poison gas attack near Damascus on 21 August and momentum built for Western military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in the civil war that he called the most serious crisis facing the international community.

UN reduces international staff in Damascus after mortar fire

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Monday that the UN is temporarily relocating some Damascus-based staff of the office of joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to Beirut and to the office's main office in Cairo.