Patrick SealeThe former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has reason to be proud of the Syrian ceasefire which, as a result of his persuasion and tireless travels to Moscow and Tehran, Turkey and Qatar, came into force on Thursday. It may well be breached here and there – the transition from ...

UNITED NATIONS - Kofi Annan, UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria, has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to engage with him as he begins his mission aimed at finding a way to end the escalating Syrian crisis.“The first thing we need to do ... is to do everything we can to stop ...

UNITED NATIONS - Kofi Annan, UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria, has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to engage with him as he begins his mission aimed at finding a way to end the escalating Syrian crisis.“The first thing we need to do ... is to do everything we can to stop ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and the Arab League  Thursday night announced the appointment of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as their Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian crisis with a mandate to bring an end to the violence and promote a peaceful political solution.In a joint ...