NOW Lebanon
A group of Syrian refugees threw stones at UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's convoy on Tuesday as he left the Zaatari camp in Jordan where he pledged help despite the "worsening" conflict. "Unfortunately, the situation in Syria is not likely to...
United Press International
Special U.N.-League of Arab States envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met Tuesday with Syrian refugees in Jordan and Turkey. Brahimi made stops at the Altinoz refugee camp in Turkey and the Za'atari camp in Jordan to see firsthand the struggles facing many of the...
United Press International
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Syrian opposition group leaders in Beijing Monday, saying he supported political dialogue instead of force. After he met with representatives of the Syrian National Coordinating Body for Democratic Change,...
NOW Lebanon
The international peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi will travel to Turkey on Tuesday to visit a refugee camp near the Syrian border, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told AFP. Brahimi, who just spent four days in neighboring Syria, will meet...
United Press International
Syria said Sunday its troops intercepted anti-government rebels entering the country from neighboring Turkey as widespread fighting continued. The state-run Syrian Radio-and-TV said among the many successes enjoyed by the army on Saturday was an...
Open Democracy
Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi is a veteran Arab and international diplomat and one of the symbols of the traditional Algerian political structure. As the UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria he is on a near impossible mission. Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi is a veteran...