CNN | Syria talks: Hope for starving families in Homs? CNN Syria's government has agreed to let women and children leave the old city of Homs. And other civilians "are also welcome to leave, but the government needs a list of their names first," the U.N. envoy leading talks between Syria's warring sides said ... Aid convoy 'ready to enter' Syria's Homs Syria talks bring offer of exit from siege of Homs Syria talks: Civilians to be allowed out of Homs old city |
Syria: Women and children can leave Homs Aljazeera.com Women and children in the besieged districts of the city of Homs can leave "immediately", the Syrian government has said as peace talks between it and the country's opposition continues. "I assure you at this second if the terrorists allow the women ... |
CNN International | Syria talks off to 'good beginning,' UN mediator says CNN International Buildings lie in ruins in Aleppo on Sunday, January 19, after reported air raids by Syrian government planes. The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011. Click through to see the ... 2 Sides in Syria Talks Agree to Meet, Averting a Breakdown Syria government, opposition to meet in "same room," UN says Syria's civil war Can he manipulate the West? |
BBC News | Syria talks: Prisoner exchanges on Geneva agenda BBC News Syrian government and opposition delegations are discussing prisoner releases on their second day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva. On Saturday the talks focused on safe routes for aid convoys into besieged parts of the city of Homs. UN mediator ... |
Syria to Allow Women, Children to Leave Homs Voice of America Negotiators from the Syrian government and opposition met for the first time in Geneva Saturday after the process nearly broke down Friday. It was an achievement for mediator Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, just to get the two delegations into ... |
Facing the Assad Reality in Syria Daily Beast The Syria conference underway in Geneva to transition from the rule of President Assad will fail, and the Obama team knows it. There is no incentive now in the Assad or rebel camps for diplomatic compromise, and the U.S. knows that. Nothing the U.S ... |
Syria peace talks score small first success CBS News GENEVA - The U.N. mediator brokering peace talks on Syria's civil war says the two sides have reached a deal to allow women and children to leave a city under government siege for more than a year. Lakhdar Brahimi acknowledged Sunday that the step ... |
Syria's Shaky Peace Talks Move Toward Solid Ground in Effort to Aid Homs New York Times GENEVA — The Syrian government and opposition moved their fragile peace talks to a newly concrete phase on Saturday, meeting face to face here for the first time in an attempt to win government approval for an aid convoy to neighborhoods in the city ... |
No agreement on aid, prisoners in Syria talks Fox News GENEVA – Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, but a morning session focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged central city failed to produce an agreement, delegates ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Syria Conflict Sees Israel Tighten Security Sky News As the world watches the Syria talks in Geneva, Israel is keeping its eyes on the ground. From the vantage point of the Golan Heights, taken from Syria and occupied in 1967, the state is able to keep a close watch on the civil war unfolding a few miles ... Israeli officer: With 30000 Al Qaeda fighters in Syria, Israel re-evaluates ... Over 30000 al-Qaeda linked fighters' in Syria, Israeli official claims Israel warns of growing jihadi threat from Syria |