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Iran, Russia, Turkey agree to ramp up efforts aimed at Syrian constitutional committee
Dec 19, 2018 02:52The Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts aimed at convening the first session of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee early next year in a bid to begin a viable peace process to the country's seven-year-old conflict.
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Yemen’s Hudaydah calm as rival parties begin to observe truce
Dec 18, 2018 09:32Fighting has subsided in Yemen’s Hudaydah, hours after a United Nations (UN)-brokered ceasefire between warring sides took effect in the flashpoint port city.
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Saudi-drafted rights resolution politically-motivated: Syria UN envoy
Dec 18, 2018 09:13Syria has dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations draft resolution presented by Saudi Arabia that accuses Damascus of human rights violations.
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UN: Yemen truce to begin Tuesday as Saudi raids rise
Dec 17, 2018 11:13The UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen's Hudaydah and its surroundings will start on Tuesday, a United Nations official said after renewed fighting in the strategic city.
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UN chief calls for ‘credible’ investigation into Khashoggi’s murder
Dec 17, 2018 03:47UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is said to have been killed by the highest levels of the Saudi regime.
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Heavy clashes reported as Saudi push in Hudaydah repelled
Dec 16, 2018 08:29Saudi airstrikes and fierce clashes have shaken the outskirts of Yemen's Hudaydah despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that Yemenis already feared could collapse at any moment.
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Russia submits draft resolution to UN to preserve treaty with US
Dec 16, 2018 08:17Russia says it has submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the United States, following a US decision to unilaterally withdraw from the Cold War-era nuclear arms agreement.
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Iran, Russia, Turkey to meet UN envoy on Syria next week: UN statement
Dec 14, 2018 18:08The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with senior officials from Iran, Russia and Turkey, as guarantors of the Syria peace process, in Geneva early next week, a UN statement says.
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Truce agreement victory for Yemeni nation: Abdulsalam
Dec 14, 2018 09:54Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says a ceasefire agreed between the warring sides in Yemen is a victory for the war-torn country as it will stop Saudi attacks on the strategic city of Hudaydah.
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UN chief: Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. agree to ceasefire in Hudaydah
Dec 13, 2018 15:31UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Yemeni warring parties have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, as a new round of peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of a brutal Saudi-led war on its southern neighbor came to a close in Sweden.