Peace Talks

• Putin meets with Ukraine leader for 1st time with aim to end conflict

  A major breakthrough is unlikely, but whatever happens, the summit is the biggest test yet for the Ukrainian President, who won the presidency partly on promises to end the war.

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  Dec 9, 2019
  
• Trump’s decision to halt U.S.-Taliban talks pushes Afghanistan towards vote

  The Taliban, who control or hold sway over roughly half the country, have told Afghans to boycott the vote and warned that rallies and polling stations would be targets.

  World

  Sep 10, 2019
  
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• Latest round of talks with U.S. ‘critical’: Taliban

  The talks began on Saturday and are expected to continue into the next week.

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  Jun 30, 2019
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• Turkey warns continued cease-fire violations will threaten Syria peace talks

  Turkey warned on Wednesday that repeated cease-fire violations by Syria's government were threatening peace talks scheduled for later this month.

  World

  Jan 4, 2017
• Diplomats hope to schedule Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at year’s end

  France on Friday hosted top diplomats from the West and the Arab world to organize a peace conference by year's end that would launch long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian negotiations - despite slim chances of success.

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  Jun 3, 2016
• Doctors Without Borders supported hospital in Aleppo destroyed in Syria airstrikes, killing more than 60

  At least 27 people died as a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee for the Red Cross and nearby buildings were hit overnight in the rebel-held part of Aleppo.

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  Apr 28, 2016
• UN Syria envoy: Only Plan B to talks is ‘return to war’

  U.N.-mediated peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups resumed Monday, with the U.N. special envoy calling them a "moment of truth" and insisting the "only Plan B available is return to war."

  World

  Mar 14, 2016
• Syria opposition group boycotts preliminary peace talks, Kurds excluded

  The indirect peace talks began in Geneva Friday with a meeting between the United Nations envoy and the Syrian government delegation.

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  Jan 30, 2016
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• Syrian opposition sets new conditions on Geneva peace talk

  One of the major opposition groups in the Syrian war said Wednesday it will only attend the imminent Geneva peace talks if the sieges in the country are lifted and other conditions are met, casting further uncertainty on the talks scheduled to begin in two days.

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  Jan 27, 2016
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• Deadly blasts kill 20 in Syrian city ahead of peace talks

  Multiple bombings targeted a government-run security checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over a hundred amid intense political jockeying ahead of U.N.-backed peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva Friday.

  World

  Jan 26, 2016