Syrian foreign minister calls for national unity government - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Antoun Issa

Antoun Issa

Jan 31, 2014

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem awaits the peace talks in Montreux, Jan. 22, 2014.

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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem listens to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (R) as they wait for lunch during a break in the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria's government and opposition, meeting for the first time, angrily spelled out their mutual hostility on Wednesday at a U.N. peace conference where world powers also offered sharply divergent views on forcing out Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTX17PZ

Moallem: Aleppo proposal a response to Kerry's call for local cease-fires

Andrew Parasiliti

Andrew Parasiliti

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, national security

Syrian Minister Says US Ignores 'Lessons of Afghanistan'

Andrew Parasiliti

Andrew Parasiliti

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, national security

Member of the Syrian National Council Murhaf Jouejati speaks during a news conference in Berlin, August 28, 2012. Jouejati and two fellow members of the Syrian opposition presented the results of the project 'The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria'. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR376QN

Syrian opposition cites 'momentum' after Geneva talks

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A man stands near a burning motorbike at the site of a car bomb attack at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, in Idlib January 20, 2014. Two car bombs hit a rebel-held border post in the northwest Syrian province of Idlib on Monday, opposition activists and fighters said, killing at least 10 people and closing the frontier. The Bab al-Hawa crossing is held by a rebel alliance called the Islamic Front, which have been fighting with the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levan

Turkey deals with terrorist blowback on Syria

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