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Secretary-General of the Syrian Coalition Nazir Hakim warned that international inaction towards the Assad regime’s use of chemical and non-conventional weapons against the Syrian people risks creating security threats affecting the whole world. Hakim was speaking during a speech at an international conference on non-traditional threats in Asia and the Pacific held in the Korean capital Seoul with the participation of academics and military experts from several countries specializing in…

President of the Syrian Coalition Riad Seif will meet with the UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Thursday. Seif and members of the Coalition’s political committee Hadi Bahra and Hussam Khalil will discuss the ongoing political process in Geneva with the UN envoy. Seif today said that the Syrian opposition is primarily seeking to reach a political transition to get rid…

The Syrian Coalition said that the main goal the Syrian opposition’s delegation to Geneva talks is trying to achieve is to liberate Syria from the Assad regime, Russia, and the Iranian-backed sectarian militias. "The Assad regime is afraid of engaging in Geneva negotiations aimed at achieving a real political transition," said member of the Coalition’s political committee Okab Yahya. "Bashar al-Assad remains the biggest obstacle to the negotiating process as…

Secretary-General of the Syrian Coalition Nazir Hakim called on the United Kingdom to support the Geneva negotiations to bring about a political solution in line with the Geneva Communiqué of 2012 and the UN Security Council resolutions 2118 and 2254 calling for the establishment of a transitional governing body without Assad or his inner circle. Hakim was speaking during a meeting with political officer Tom Shepherd and Nebras Hassan from…

Members of the Syrian Coalition and the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) on Tuesday held a teleconference with leading figures in the district of Barzah in eastern Damascus who confirmed that the Assad regime is committing war crimes against civilians in the rebel-held district, the latest of which is the forced displacement of the residents in the district. The HNC meeting with the UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura…