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Annan to build new office tower in RiyadhSaudi-based Annan Real Estate is set to build a new 35-storey office tower in the heart of capital Riyadh, which will boast an innovative design, sufficient parking, high-speed elevators and concierge services, said a report. An a More… |
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Annan ends Syria talks, heads to IranUN Syria peace envoy Kofi Annan said he had constructive talks in Damascus on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said the Annan plan to end 16 months of bloodshed was being undermined by US political support for 'terrorists' More… |
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Annan urges world to unite over SyriaUN mediator Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that the conflict in Syria would enflame the Middle East and beyond unless world powers agreed on a peace plan but the US said foreign ministers meeting in Geneva might fail in that task. Internati More… |
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Opposition wants Assad out of Annan planSyrian opposition groups will reject a political transition plan proposed by peace envoy Kofi Annan unless it explicitly requires President Bashar al-Assad to step down before a unity government is formed, a senior opposition official said on Thur More… |
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Russia backs Annan plans for Syria unity cabinetRussia and other big powers have told mediator Kofi Annan that they support his idea of a Syrian national unity cabinet that could include government and opposition members but would exclude those whose participation would undermine it, envoys sai More… |
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Annan warns of 'all-out' sectarian war in SyriaInternational peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into 'all-out' war, and a Syrian opposition figure said Russia had become part of the problem and should urge President Bashar al-Assad to quit power. More… |
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Annan frustrated over Syria, all eyes on RussiaInternational envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday he was 'frustrated and impatient' a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, but Russia said his peace plan was still the best hope for Syria. Speaking after sepa More… |
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Annan warns Syria; West expels envoysPeace envoy Kofi Annan expressed "grave concern" to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and Western nations threw out Syria's envoys to protest against a massacre of 108 civilians, many of them children, in the town of Houla. Fran More… |
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Officials warn of Syrian civil war, 7 killedSecurity forces killed at least seven people in fighting across Syria on Tuesday, activists said, in a 14-month-old revolt that the Red Cross and Arab League warned was becoming a civil war. Across Syria, clashes between state forces and r More… |
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Syrian forces shoot bus, four killedSyrian security forces shot dead four civilians on a bus in the northern province of Idlib on Wednesday, dissidents said, as international pressure built on Damascus to honour ceasefire pledges. In the latest violence to undermine the flak More… |
