UN Syria Envoy Urges Political Progress by August

U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura says if he can restart intra-Syrian talks in July, there still is a possibility of moving forward on a political transition by an August deadline.   “I’m still aiming, we are aiming within July, but not at any cost and not without some guarantees; and aiming at August as the period where we should be seeing something concrete, so that in September we take stock,” de Mistura told reporters after he briefed the U.N. Security Council in a closed...

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