Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Tuesday that his government is ready for joint efforts to seek a political solution to the more than seven-year crisis, state news agency SANA reported. Al-Moallem made the remarks during his meeting with the new UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen, who arrived ...
The United Nations’ new envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, arrived in Damascus on Tuesday on his first trip since being appointed, an AFP correspondent reported. The seasoned Norwegian diplomat, who replaces Staffan de Mistura, is the fourth negotiator to have been appointed UN special envoy to Syria since the war ...