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Newly appointed United Nations general secretary Antonio Guterres. (AFP/File)

October 11th, 2016 - 09:50 GMT

Next UN Secretary General to take on near-impossible challenge of dealing with war in Syria

Security Council members often see the secretary-general as public servant than an independent political force, and a fall guy for when they mess up monumentally.

U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) speaks as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on after their meeting at Winfield House (Image credit: AFP)

October 18th, 2013 - 07:10 GMT

Kerry expects weapons to be consolidated and shipped out of Syria soon

In her new post, Kaag will direct a team of approximately 100 experts to destroy all of Syria's chemical weapon arsenals my the mid-2014 deadline (Courtesy of the UN)

October 17th, 2013 - 06:35 GMT

UN appoints Dutch official to head Syria mission, increases peace talk efforts

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are calling on the UN to host Syrian peace talks in November. (AFP)

October 7th, 2013 - 07:21 GMT

US, Russia push for Syria peace talks in November

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube by the Eastern Ghouta Media Centre on August 28, 2013 allegedly shows United Nations (UN) vehicles travelling to the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus' eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike near the capital. (AFP/YouTube)

August 28th, 2013 - 04:43 GMT

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Syria

: US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as the joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on May 7, 2013. (Photo: AFP / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV)

May 9th, 2013 - 08:47 GMT

Kerry insists that Assad must go

At lest 2,300 people have died due to torture in Syria according to a human rights group

April 16th, 2013 - 10:30 GMT

2,300 killed by torture in Syria - rights groups

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) listens as US actress Angelina Jolie (R) in her role as a UN humanitarian envoy speaks in front of other G8 foreign ministers. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALASTAIR GRANT)

April 11th, 2013 - 04:08 GMT

G8 calls for greater assistance for Syrians affected by the war

Arriving for EU foreign ministers’ talks Monday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague called for changes to the existing arms ban “so that we can provide a broader range of support to the (Syrian) National Coalition.”

February 19th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Britain calls for lifting of Syria arms embargo, sending weapons to rebels

Syrian rebels drive a T-72 tank, captured from government forces two months ago, in the village of Kfarruma in the flashpoint Syrian province of Idlib near the border with Turkey, on Monday (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

February 13th, 2013 - 12:05 GMT

U.N.'s Pillay says Syria death toll likely near 70,000

Lakhdar Brahimi (R), Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, talks with Sheikh Moaz Al-Khatib, head of the Syrian oposition during the Munich Security Conference. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS KIENZLE)

February 3rd, 2013 - 04:57 GMT

Syrian opposition are invited for key talks in Russia - reports

Obama, who is now beginning a second term free from the burden of a re-election campaign, has been criticized for not acting more forcefully during the early stages of the popular uprising and military insurrection. (AFP)

January 20th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

War in Syria: Obama urged to step in before it’s ‘too late’

President Bashar al-Assad.

December 30th, 2012 - 09:37 GMT

Assad's paranoia: bed-hopping every night and strict poisoning precautions