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United Nations special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen arrives in Damascus (AFP)

January 15th, 2019 - 01:15 GMT

New UN Envoy Geir Pedersen Arrives in Damascus on 1st Visit

New UN envoy Geir Pedersen, who arrived in Damascus Tuesday on his first visit since taking up post, is the fourth head of UN efforts to end Syria's nearly eight-year-old war.

A Syrian woman casts her vote at a polling station during the Syrian parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (Twitter)

April 14th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

EU countries deem Syrian parliamentary elections ‘illegitimate’

A Syrian woman shows her ink stained thumb after voting at a polling station during parliamentary. (AFP/File)

April 13th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Syrians vote in parliamentary elections

UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks after a session of Syria peace talks. (AFP/File)

April 12th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

UN envoy De Mistura in Iran prior to Syria talks

A Syrian child sits in front of a mural covered in bullet holes on the wall. (AFP/File)

March 17th, 2016 - 09:07 GMT

A tiny window of opportunity: Ceasefire and peace talks for Syria

UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks as he gestures during a new round of negotiations with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, on March 14, 2016. (AFP/Salvatore di Nolfi)

March 14th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

War is the only option if Syria peace talks fail: UN envoy

Syrian civilians and activists wave pre-Baath Syrian flags, now used by the Syrian opposition, during an anti-regime demonstration in the rebel-controlled side of Aleppo, on March 4, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

March 7th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Aleppo shelling kills 13, injures 40 in government-controlled area

Syrian children carry sacks of wheat, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), in Kafr Batna, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, outside Damascus on March 1, 2016. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)

March 1st, 2016 - 07:32 GMT

UN postpones Syria talks due to humanitarian aid blockade and continued strikes

Syrian children play on a swing at a park in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the capital Damascus on February 27, 2016, on the first day of the landmark ceasefire agreement. (AFP/Samir al-Doumy)

February 28th, 2016 - 07:52 GMT

Syia ceasefire holding well, despite sporadic breaches

Members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and residents search through the rubble for bodies following an airstrike in the rebel-held city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, on February 26, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)

February 27th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Car bomb kills two in Syria’s Hama hours after ceasefire takes effect

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (AFP/File)

February 23rd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Ban Ki-moon welcomes Syria truce due to take effect on Feb 27

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February 2nd, 2016 - 11:06 GMT

Syrian regime and the UN: Partners in crime

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January 31st, 2016 - 05:41 GMT

Kerry urges all sides to ‘seize the moment’ in Syria peace talks