The visiting US Secretary of State John F Kerry talks during a press conference in Jakarta, on Monday.

Kerry accuses Assad of stonewalling in peace talks

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of stonewalling in peace talks and called on Russia to push its ally to negotiate with opposition leaders. "Right now, Bashar al-Assad has not engaged in the discussions along the promised and required standard that both Russia spoke up for and the regime spoke...

UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva February 15, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 22:16 WIB

Brahimi: I apologize to the Syrian people

This undated activist photo provided by the group Palestinians of Syria shows Israa al-Masri, a baby who later died of hunger-related illness on Jan. 11, 2014 in the Palestinian neighborhood of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 00:07 WIB

'No progress' in peace talks: Syrian foes

Syrian President Bashar Assad (file photo).

Today, Syrian warring sides to meet for the first time

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MONTREUX - Syria's government and its enemies come face to face on Wednesday for the first time as world powers try to set aside their own differences and push for an end to three years of civil war that is unsettling the entire Middle East. A day of formal speeches under US auspices at a hotel on Lake Geneva...