DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad offered a road map to end Syria's civil war in a rare speech Sunday in which he branded the opposition "slaves" of the West and told foreign powers to stop backing...

DAMASCUS- Syrians woke up to air strikes near Damascus on New Year's Day and the closure of Aleppo airport after repeated rebel attacks, casting doubts on efforts to end the 21-month conflict. The...

DAMASCUS- Violence ravaged Syria into 2013 with the gruesome discovery of what activists said were dozens of tortured corpses in Damascus, clouding end-of-year efforts to end 21 months of bloodshed....

DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called on Thursday for "real change" and a transitional government in Syria but the armed opposition swiftly retorted that that could...

MANAMA- The annual summit of Arab monarchs in the Gulf opened in Manama on Monday with a call for closer economic integration and unity in the face of the turmoil which has swept much of the Middle...

BEIRUT- Talks were held on Wednesday aimed at removing both rebel and pro-government fighters from a Damascus Palestinian refugee camp after deadly clashes, a Palestinian relief official told AFP, as...

CAIRO, Haitham El-Tabei- Islamists backing a new constitution for Egypt claimed victory Sunday in an initial phase of a referendum, but the opposition alleged polling violations and said it will...

CAIRO, John Davison- Protesters started to gather in Cairo on Tuesday for rival rallies for and against a divisive constitutional referendum proposed by Egypt's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. The...

DAMASCUS- Syria warned on Saturday that rebels could use chemical weapons in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad's forces, but insisted the regime will never unleash such arms on its own...