Syria peace talks

World powers meet to save Syria peace hopes

Senior envoys from world and regional powers are to meet once again in Vienna in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's bloody civil war.

Syria conflict: Attacks reported as truce comes into effect

The first major truce in Syria's five-year civil war comes into effect, but Syrian TV says shells hit residential areas of the capital, Damascus.

UN endorses Syria peace plan in rare show of unity among big powers

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approves a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that claimed more than a quarter million lives.

May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016

World powers meet to save Syria peace hopes

Senior envoys from world and regional powers are to meet once again in Vienna in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's bloody civil war.

February 27, 2016
February 27, 2016

Syria conflict: Attacks reported as truce comes into effect

The first major truce in Syria's five-year civil war comes into effect, but Syrian TV says shells hit residential areas of the capital, Damascus.

December 19, 2015
December 19, 2015

UN endorses Syria peace plan in rare show of unity among big powers

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approves a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that claimed more than a quarter million lives.

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