Today in Geneva representatives of Syria’s international friends will meet to show our support for the Geneva-based political process facilitated by the UN in implementing UNSCR 2254. We will once again urge the regime to work in good faith towards a genuine, inclusive political settlement. This…

This time last year I visited Bab Al-Hawa, the last crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border through which the UN is authorized to deliver vital aid into north-west Syria. I saw first-hand how important the UN’s role is for getting aid to millions of Syrians on Turkey’s border. UN aid access is a…

I will have the privilege of spending today, Tuesday, March 15, with members of the Syrian community in Manchester, UK. We will be celebrating the talent and creativity of Syrian artists in the UK and Syria’s fantastically rich culture and heritage, so overshadowed in the last decade by the war and…

This weekend I watched the film “Ayouni”, a deeply moving documentary following the search for two men among the over 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria. For people who, like me, have only observed ten years of pain in Syria from the outside, “Ayouni” gives a gut-wrenching insight into the fear…