Other items expected to be included in negotiations include prisoner swaps and the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Syria negotiators in Kazakhstan for talks
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The pope noted how Easter, the holiest Christian festival, "makes us keep our eyes fixed on the Middle East, torn by continuing divisions and tensions."
Pope urges return of refugees to Syria, Libya peace
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HTS fighters driving their vehicles during a military drill in northern Syria
Jihadist attacks kill almost 50 regime fighters across Syria
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An aerial view shows the 5th century basilica in Qalb Lozeh village in northwestern Syria, on April 18, 2019.
Syrian church is architectural forerunner of Notre Dame
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Iraqi parliament
Regional arch-rivals meet in Baghdad
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Children watch a puppet show performed by a Syrian actor, through a makeshift puppet theatre set up among the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Saraqib.
Army shelling kills 10 in Syria's Idlib
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'The power of our armed forces is the power of the region's countries'
Rouhani urges Mideast states to "drive back Zionism"
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The September accord aimed to set up a buffer zone around Idlib, but was never fully implemented as jihadists refused to withdraw
Erdogan, Iran FM meet over Syria
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Long queues at petrol stations
Fuel queues grow in Syria
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The talks will be the first in Astana for the UN's new Syria envoy Geir Pedersen
Kazakhstan to host fresh Syria talks
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Women and children displaced from Deir Ezzor sit in the back of a truck after they fled the Islamic State (IS) holdout near Baghuz, eastern Syria, on February 11, 2019.
Syria Kurds announce deal for return of 31,000 displaced Iraqis
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Scared and vulnerable
African, Syrian migrants trapped in Tripoli
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A picture taken on July 18, 2018 shows a general view of the rebel-held Morek checkpoint between the northwestern Syrian provinces of Idlib and Hama.
Suicide bombers attack Syrian army post
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In this file photo taken on February 14, 2019 women and children who fled the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz sit waiting in the back of a truck in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor.
EU states wrestle with fate of foreign jihadists
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German jihadist held by YPG in Syria is imploring his native Germany to take him back
Germany seeks to strip citizenship from future militants
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The SDF has warned that a new phase has begun in anti-IS operations
US-backed SDF chasing IS jihadists in east Syria
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