Syria's President Bashar al-Assad toured the besieged city of Homs Tuesday, as reports suggested the government had accepted Kofi Annan's peace plan. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments ...

The pursuit of a solution to the Cyprus problem is not high in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order of priorities, former UK special representative for Cyprus Lord David Hannay said on ...

For the moment, the cease-fire in Syria seems to be holding: The deadline for a UN-backed ceasefire aimed at halting more than a year of bloodshed in Syria passed on Thursday with no immediate reports ...

2004-04-01 04:00:00 PDT United Nations-- Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented his own plan to reunify Cyprus on Wednesday after Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders failed to agree on how to unite the ...

Speaking to AsiaNews, sources describe a chaotic, unstable and dangerous situation. Extremists who flocked to Syria only to kill are among the opposition. UN-Arab League observers begin their mission.

UNITED NATIONS — International envoy Kofi Annan blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on the Syrian government Thursday and told the divided U.N. Security Council there must be “consequences” ...

Skepticism by Syrian opposition groups and their foreign supporters over the Kofi Annan peace plan ostensibly accepted by President Bashar al-Assad is hardly surprising: The plan specifies no ...

(Adds Annan to brief Security Council in fourth paragraph, quote in penultimate paragraph) GENEVA, May 4 (Reuters) - A peace plan for Syria brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan is on track ...

International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad’s government. He urged ...