Syrian Government to Attend Astana Peace Talks: Diplomat

TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad expressed the Damascus government’s readiness to attend an upcoming round of talks with the opposition in Kazakhstan’s Astana for the purpose of ending a civil war that has beset Syria for six years. In a meeting with Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Damascus Azmat Berdibay on Thursday, the Syrian deputy foreign minister...