The United Nationsspecial envoy to Syria has vowed to step up efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis, saying the current round of Syrian peace talks in the Swiss city of Geneva aims to prepare the grounds for future negotiations. We remain alert to any opportunity to reduce violence, Staffan de Mistura said during a press conference on Tuesday when ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. confirms that Iran will take part in consultations on Syria that begin Monday in Geneva. The U.N. special envoy on Syria has said these are not a new round of negotiations but a series of individual meetings with "as many parties as possible" to get a sense of whether another round of negotiations is feasible. Iran's ...

The United Nations is making a desperate new push for a Syria peace conference even as the United States prepares a possible military strike, according to diplomats. Talks on a conference are to be relaunched at the Group of 20 summit in Russia this week with the 30-month-old conflict at a new level of bitterness after the suspected use of banned ...