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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (L) and Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan (R) in Astana during an official state visit in July 2018 /AFP

April 4th, 2019 - 10:53 GMT

Oil and Infrastructure: How The UAE is Looking East to Invest in Central Asia, Isolate Iran and Inadvertently Augment China’s Belt and Road

Behind the scenes, and for the most part outside of the headlines, a competitive rivalry is taking place in Central Asia.

In Geneva, UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland called on parties to allow aid convoys to reach besieged and hard-to-reach areas of Syria to demonstrate "goodwill" before envoys gather for talks on 23 February. (AFP/File)

February 17th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian facts meet in Astana amid build up to Syrian peace negotiations

Syria's armed rebel groups have been invited to Astana talks this month. (AFP/File)

February 15th, 2017 - 07:05 GMT

Syrian rebels get last minute invite to peace talks in Astana

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Damascus and militants had exchanged 112 people under a swap deal. (AFP/File)

February 13th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Syrian regime claim they are 'always ready' for prisoner swaps with opposition forces

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization. (AFP/File)

February 13th, 2017 - 12:56 GMT

Blessing in disguise? Hezbollah 'very optimistic' about 'idiot' President Trump

The main opposition umbrella group has called on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end ceasefire violations.

February 12th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Syrian opposition announce delegates for UN peace talks

Pro-Syrian regime fighters patrol around the area of the Ain al-Fijeh water pumping station, in the countryside of Damascus, on January 29, 2017. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Syria: 21 civilians killed in Idlib airstrikes

Syrians walk past destroyed buildings in Al-Bab in the northern province of Aleppo on 1 September 2012. (AFP/Achilleas Zavallis)

February 7th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Daesh under siege in Al-Bab as members of Astana talks fail to reach ceasefire agreement

Syrian government forces patrol the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP/File)

February 6th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

International representatives meet in Astana to finalize details of Syria ceasefire

De Mistura has given the opposition a one week deadline for the task. (AFP/File)

February 1st, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Syrian opposition given ultimatum by UN envoy De Mistura: One week to unite negotiation team

The Baiterek monument in central Astana on 22 January before Syrian peace talks begin. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Rebel negotiator claims Astana talks were ‘neither a failure nor a success’

Fatah al-Sham and the Daesh extremist militia are excluded from an ongoing shaky ceasefire in Syria. (AFP/File)

January 29th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Fatah al-Sham unifies with four other jihadist groups in Syria

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January 29th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Rebels hand over Damascus major water supply to Syrian regime forces