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Iran backs any move to stabilize oil market: Oil minister
Apr 23, 2016 06:24Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says Tehran will support any initiative to stabilize the oil market after recent talks in Qatar failed to freeze production.
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Syria crisis death toll stands at 400,000: UN Envoy
Apr 23, 2016 06:20The United Nations special envoy for Syria says some 400,000 people have lost their lives as a result of more than five years of foreign-sponsored conflict gripping the Arab country.
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Damascus to resume talks with UN envoy on Monday
Apr 22, 2016 13:19Syria's chief negotiator in peace talks plans to resume talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria early next week
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Syria: Terrorists supplied with advanced arms
Apr 21, 2016 08:09Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Turkey and other countries continue to supply terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons.
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Syria humanitarian relief efforts increase despite failed talks
Apr 22, 2016 01:11Aid groups have started their largest campaign to deliver humanitarian aid to people affected by more than five years of foreign-sponsored militancy across Syria, though UN-backed Syria peace talks in Geneva have failed to yield encouraging results.
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Certain countries unwilling to resolve Syria crisis: Halqi
Apr 21, 2016 15:11Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi says a number of Western and regional countries are not willing to see a political solution to the conflict gripping the Middle Eastern state.
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Daesh 'beheading, raping' Palestinians in Yarmouk camp: PLO
Apr 21, 2016 09:00Palestinian residents of Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp have undergone executions, beheadings, and rape by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists, says the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Syria truce violators should be put on UN terror list: Russia FM
Apr 20, 2016 08:44Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will ask the UN Security Council to put groups undermining a fragile ceasefire in Syria on the list of terrorist groups.
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A framework still in place in Syria talks: WH
Apr 20, 2016 00:16The White House says there is a “framework” still in place in Syrian peace talks despite an apparent breakdown due to the opposition walkout.
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Iran hails Syrian parliamentary vote, vows to broaden ties
Apr 18, 2016 15:13Majlis (parliament) speaker Ali Larijani has commended the recent “successful” parliamentary elections in Syria, saying the Islamic Republic will continue to broaden its already "close and extensive” cooperation with the Arab state.