CAIRO- Thirty complaints have been filed against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, former head of Egypt's army, and his deputy General Sami Anan, for suppressing last year's popular uprising, a judicial...

DAMASCUS- Fighting for control of a key army base in Aleppo raged on Saturday, as Russia tried to revive a divisive accord on ending the bloodshed that calls for a government of unity in Syria. As...

GENEVA- The United Nations on Friday almost doubled its humanitarian appeal for Syria to $347 million as the worsening conflict sends growing numbers fleeing the country. The United Nations now...

DAMASCUS- Syria has accused Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi of "signing the death warrant" of a contact group trying to solve the nearly 18-month conflict by calling for regime change, official media...

DIMAN, Lebanon, Rana Moussaoui- Syria's Christians do not support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but they do want stability in their war-torn country, Lebanon's Maronite Christian Patriarch...

NOUAKCHOTT- Libya's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi and his family were taken by surprise by his extradition to his home country after Mauritania assured it would not happen, his daughter said...

UNITED NATIONS, Tim Witcher- UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday accused countries who send arms to Syria of spreading "misery" as he called for greater international efforts to end the war and ease a...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, announced a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, appointing seven new ministers including a new finance minister....

DUBAI- Bahrain has demanded an apology from Iran after an official interpreter reportedly replaced the word "Syria" with "Bahrain" in a speech by Egypt's president at the opening of the Non-Aligned...