UN chief urges restraint after Israeli air strikes in Syria

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Sunday for restraint to avoid an escalation in Syria's civil war, expressing "grave concern" over Israeli air raids.

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Ban talks Syria as UN envoy appears set to quit

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

UN leader Ban Ki-moon discussed deadlocked efforts to end the Syria conflict with the major powers on Thursday amid mounting signs that peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to quit. Diplomats and UN spokesman Martin Nesirky confirmed the meeting but declined to say whether Brahimi has already told the United Nations and Arab League that he would be leaving. "The decision has been taken, but we don't know when it will be formalized," said one UN diplomat, speaking on condition of...

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Arab move gives hope for peace talks: Israel's Livni

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Arab move gives hope for peace talks: Israel's Livni

Israel's top peace negotiator Tzipi Livni said Thursday that the Arab League's modification of its plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could bring new talks closer.

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Arab League rejects Ban call to end Syria arms supplies

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Arab League rejects Ban call to end Syria arms supplies

UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Monday for an end to outside arms supplies to rival sides in the Syrian war but the Arab League chief said that would not be possible.

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A dangerous decision

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VOV News English 2 month(s) ago

A dangerous decision

(VOV) - Syria’s political crisis has reached a turning point when President Bashar Al Assad’s government was voted out of the Arab League (AL) and Syria’s representative in the AL now is the opposition party.

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Baghdad inaugurated as Arab Capital of Culture

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Baghdad inaugurated as Arab Capital of Culture

Baghdad was inaugurated as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture on Saturday, the latest in a series of steps which officials hope will put Iraq back on the map after decades of conflict.

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Ban says Syria nearing 'complete destruction'

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

International governments must act quickly to stop Syria's "complete destruction," UN leader Ban Ki-Moon warned Monday as the conflict entered a third year.

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Syrian army battles rebels on edges of Damascus

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Syrian army battles rebels on edges of Damascus

Syria's army has launched a fierce assault against rebel fighters battling to enter the centre of Damascus, blasting strongholds and sealing the main entrances to the capital, as opposition factions bickered over dialogue with the Assad regime.

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Syria car bomb kills 30, separate blast rocks capital

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

A suicide car bombing in central Syria has killed at least 30 people, a watchdog said, also reporting a powerful blast in Damascus, as the Arab League said UN efforts to end the conflict had failed to bring even a "glimmer" of hope.

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Syria peace envoy in Moscow, Russia pressures Assad

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

The UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, was to hold talks in Moscow Saturday to find a way out of the Syria conflict after Russia upped the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to open talks with the rebels.

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UN envoy due in Russia for talks on Syria crisis

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is due to fly to Russia’s capital Moscow on Saturday to hold talks with the country’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on how to end the crisis in Syria, which a watchdog says has now claimed 45,000 lives.

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Syria's Assad meets peace envoy

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria on Monday with President Bashar al-Assad, as jihadists seized an area populated by the embattled leader's Alawite community.

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Deadly air strike on Hama as Brahimi arrives in capital

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Deadly air strike on Hama as Brahimi arrives in capital

An air strike on a bakery in Syria’s central Hama province left dozens of people dead and wounded Sunday, as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in the capital Damascus on a trip aimed at resolving the country’s nearly two-year long crisis.

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Arab League hopes US, Russia reconcile on Syria

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on Sunday he hoped that the United States and Russia could reconcile their views over Syria in order to facilitate a settlement of the crisis in the war-ravaged country.

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Gaza death toll passes 100 as truce efforts build

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago

Israeli strikes killed 24 Palestinians on Monday, taking the Gaza death toll past 100 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon joined efforts to broker a truce to end the worst violence in four years.

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