Foreign secretary William Hague has urged Syrian rebels not to boycott the upcoming Geneva II talks in order to find some pathway to peace in the war-torn country.
Al-Qaeda-linked groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Jabhat al-Nusra have consolidated their power in Syria in recent weeks, particularly in the country’s north, but have they overshadowed moderate elements of the opposition?
Barack Obama–the man who was about to wage war in Syria, however reluctantly–must now fall from his high horse and become a man of peace.
As Russia stands to look as the peacemaker over the issue of Syrian chemical weapons, the country is suffering from widely negative perceptions from populations around the world.
The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to adopt a binding resolution to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles previously agreed by Russia and the US.