Staffan de Mistura

New UN envoy for Syria makes first Damascus trip

The new UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus, facing the daunting task of rekindling peace talks and succeeding where his predecessors failed

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UN Syria envoy de Mistura announces he will step down

UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced that he will step down next month

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UN Syria envoy de Mistura offers to travel to Idlib to ensure civilian evacuations

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura offered to personally travel to Idlib to help ensure civilians can leave amid fears of full-scale military operations

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UN plans second Syria constitution meeting for September

The UN envoy for Syria will host senior officials from a range of countries for talks on drafting a new constitution in September

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UN Syria envoy De Mistura to attend Sochi congress

The United Nations' Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will attend a peace conference in Sochi, Russia next week

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Major powers seek to hold Sochi congress for Syria in late January

Powerbrokers agreed to hold a peace congress for Syria in Russia's Sochi in late January to speed up a political settlement for the war

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‘Golden opportunity missed’ at Syria peace talks – UN mediator

The latest round of Syria peace talks in Geneva was a "golden opportunity missed," the country's U.N. mediator lamented Thursday.

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Syrian government to rejoin Geneva talks on Sunday

Syrian government negotiators will return to Geneva this weekend to rejoin United Nations-backed peace talks, after leaving the city in protest last week, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said.

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Syria peace talks resume in Geneva, without government delegation

U.N.-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria were set to resume in Geneva Tuesday, but without Syrian government negotiators, who sources said have yet to determine if they will return.

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De Mistura plans for Syrian parties to discuss elections next week

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura released a statement outlining 'points of commonalities' the Syrian parties in the Geneva talks

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