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Riad Hijab, head of the main Syrian opposition resigned Monday from his position few days before an important meeting in Riyadh to reorganize the group ahead of a new UN-led talks to find solutions to six-year old conflict. Hijab took Read more
The war against President Bashar al-Assad lingering on for more than six years would continue as the UN mediation has failed, Syrian opposition figure, Riyad Hijab, chairman of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said Thursday. Hijab made the comments Read more
After the members of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) held a meeting with their supporters in London, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the ‘Vision for Syria’ plan unveiled by the opposition coalition is “realistic, but countries that support Read more
“If what the Russians and the Americans agree upon is very much different from what the Syrians aspire to, then we shall not accept it,” leader of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riyad Hijab stated. The former Syrian Prime Minister Read more
Basma Kodmani, a delegate of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee (HNC) composed of Syrian opposition groups, said Coordinator Riad Hijab of the HNC has addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a truce during Ramadan. Read more
Chief Negotiator Mohammed Alloush of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) a Syrian opposition coalition, twitted on Sunday that he was resigning. “The three rounds of talks (with President Assad’s government) were unsuccessful because of the stubbornness of the regime and Read more
Members of the main coalition of Syrian opposition groups, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) are departing from Geneva where the third round of talks is ongoing in protest against the escalating violence in Syria where market places in rebel-held areas Read more
The US-Russia negotiated ceasefire is on the verge of collapsing as confrontations between government and rebel forces increase in Aleppo. Damascus intends to “liberate” Aleppo from “illegal armed groups,” said Syria’s Prime Minister Wael al-Halaki during talks with a delegation Read more
President Assad on Wednesday signaled that he is willing to form a unity government with opposition and independent figures but the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) a coalition of Syrian opposition parties, quickly rejected the proposal. In an interview with Russian Read more
The UN-led talks to end the Syrian war will begin in Geneva on Wednesday but key actors of the crisis are expected to arrive on Monday. Special envoy Staffan De Mistura said they are ready to receive participants. The Assad Read more