Lawyers

• UN wants to pursue Syria peace talks despite tensions

  The U.N wants to pursue the ongoing peace talks with Syria despite tensions showed by the main opposition. The Syrian war has plagued much of the country as well as it citizens.

• Palestinians Seek UN Resolution Against Israeli Settlements

  The Palestinian government has already provided a proposed resolution regarding the Israeli settlement issue. Palestine believes that these settlements are blocking the peace process between the two countries.

• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not ready to accept France peace agreement; Initiative might not make Palestine compromise

  Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu will still attend the peace talks set by France with the Palestinian government. Although he feared that the Palestines will not compromise a bit specially if they know they still will get what they want.

• Syria not ready to engage in peace talks; Wants steps to end Syrians sufferings first

  The opposing party in Syria is still not ready to talk things out. The government wants an end to the oppresion that the war created to its people.

• UN backs mission to oversee Colombia peace deal

  The United Nations has officially supported the peacetalks between Columbia and FARC as a step to fully end the longest war in Latin America that had started since 1964.

• Syrian opposition claims that US Secretary of State applies pressure over peace talks

  Syrian opposition negotiator said that the peace talks are pressured all because of the US Secretary of State. He said that it is pressured to attend the peace talks in Geneva in order to negotiate on issues like halt to air strikes.

• Israeli-Palestinian clashes persist as diplomats push for peace

  Stone-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip during "Day of Rage" protests on Friday while diplomats tried to end more than three weeks of bloodshed.

• Chad's Deby plays for high stakes in Boko Haram talk

  Chad's President Idriss Deby, a wily survivor of rebellions, is looking to bolster his powerbroker role in the Sahel and his nation's own security by backing peace talks between neighbor Nigeria's government and Islamist Boko Haram insurgents.