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Delayed Syria Peace Talks To Resume Next Week

Delayed UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending Syria's civil war will resume on February 23 in Geneva, a few days...

Headlines

Damascus Ready For Prisoner Swap With Rebels

Syria's regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by rebels, the official SANA news agency...

Headlines

Syria Opposition Picks Delegation For New Peace Talks

Syria's opposition on Sunday announced its 21-member delegation, including 10 rebel representatives, for a new round of...

Opinion

Turkish Troops, Syria Rebels Enter IS-Held Town

Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as...

International

Russia, Turkey, Iran Discuss Syria Ceasefire In Astana

Representatives from Russia, Turkey and Iran have kicked off a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital Astana to...

Top Stories

UN Relief Coorinator Sees Hope of Emergency Relief For Syria In 2017

UN Emergency relief chief Stephen O’Brien said Thursday that there are some emerging reasons to hope in Syria as far...

International

War of Words As Peace Talks Open In Astana

The Syrian government's lead negotiator has denounced what he called his rebel counterpart's "provocative" comments at...

International

Expectations Low As Syria’s Warring Sides Meet

Syria's warring sides met for talks in Kazakhstan's capital on Monday, flanked by intermediary nations seeking to...

International

U.S. Envoy To Kazakhstan To Attend Syria Talks As An Observer

The U. S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks...

Politics

Champions Held Again As Morocco Win Big On Day 7

African champions La Cote d’Ivoire had to come from behind twice on Friday to draw 2-2 with DR Congo in Group C’s...

Top Stories

Rebels Threaten To Boycott Astana Talks

Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and...

International

Rebels Threaten To Boycott Astana Talks

Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and...

International

Clashes Reported Despite Truce

Fighting between government and rebel forces has been reported in parts of Syria despite a nationwide truce coming into...

International

Russia-Turkey Brokered Truce Comes Into Force

A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect. The truce, brokered by...

Sports

Patrick Twumasi Voted FC Astana’s Best Foreign Player

Twumasi produced five goals in 26 league for Astana last season. Ghana striker Patrick Twumasi beat four other...

Sports

Yannick Bolaise Excluded From DR Congo Provisional Squad

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have announced their provisional squad for next year's Africa Cup of Nations...

Opinion

Kazakhstan – Euroasian Heart Of Gold

Quite untill recently Kazakhstan was commonly identified as an impervious, legendary and fascinating place, one of...

Sports

Twumasi Played In Astana 0-3 Loss To Young Boys

Ghanaian international Patrick Twumasi played in FC Astana 0-3 loss to Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League. Twumasi...

Sports

Ghanaian Starlets Sowah & Tekpetey Make Debuts

Ghanaian starlet Emmanuel Adjei-Sowah made his full debut in the Europa League with Anderlecht after getting a start in...