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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. #United Nations #Syria #NewsTracker #Damascus #Lakhdar Brahimi
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Syria's opposition postpones meeting to form government
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's opposition as postponed a meeting to form a provisional government, in the latest setback to opposition efforts to create an administration to take over if President Bashar al-Assad is ousted, coalition sources said on Sunday. The Syrian National Coalition meeting to elect a provisional prime minister, which was due to be held on March 12 after being postponed once already, has been rescheduled for March 20, but it was uncertain it would be held even then, the sources said. #Prime Minister #President #Coalition #Lakhdar Brahimi #said-on-sunday #held-on-march #ahead-on-march #over-the-merits
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Russia rejects Assad's exit as precondition for ending Syria war
The issue of Assad, whom the United States, European powers and Gulf-led Arab states insist must step down to end what has escalated into a civil war, appeared to be a sticking point. #US #Syria #NewsTracker #Russia #Bashar al-Assad #Lakhdar Brahimi #Syrian civil war
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Deseret NewsAssad won't step down before election
BEIRUT — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group #Beirut, Lebanon #Syria #Istanbul
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Guardian UnlimitedLetters: Hopes for a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Syria
I hope the Foreign Office is not being persuaded that supplying more arms into Syria will be a constructive solution to the problem (All sides in Syria armed except the good guys – Foreign Office, 16 May). In 2005 the United Nations adopted the doctrine #Syria #United Nations #Lakhdar Brahimi
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Al JazeeraSyria parties 'preparing for peace talks'
Syria's opposition and government are preparing to take part in an internationally-sponsored peace conference, according to Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations-Arab League mediator. The conference was proposed by the US and Russia, which has backed the r #Syria #Lakhdar Brahimi #Arab League