Lamia Al-Hariri, the first female Syrian diplomat to defect, says that the Bashar Al-Assad regime has thrown away every opportunity to reach a diplomatic solution to the crisis According to Lamia...
UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council on Thursday warned against attempts to destabilize Lebanon as it renewed the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the country for another year. The renewal...
CAIRO- Former premier Ahmed Shafiq denounced on Thursday as "political" a travel ban which may lead to his arrest upon returning to Egypt, in remarks to the Abu Dhabi-based Arabic Skynews channel....
DUBAI- A Bahrain policeman has been charged over shooting dead a Shiite teenager when a group of protesters attacked security forces with petrol bombs, an investigator said. The public prosecution...
PARIS- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi agrees that there can be no political solution for Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad leaves power, the French presidency said Wednesday. In a statement...
DAMASCUS- A car bomb rocked the funeral of two government loyalists in a Damascus suburb killing 12 people on Tuesday as the army kept up its bombardment of rebel strongholds in the east of the...
"The trial of Abdelkader Kherba has been put back to September 4," Zerguine said, adding that the court had refused to release the accused ahead of his trial. The defence team wants to present...
France said it was working with allies on possibility of setting up buffer zones to protect civilians inside Syria amid growing concern about the plight of fleeing civilians camped out on the...
LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara- Human rights observers held meetings with tribal leaders, peacekeepers and Moroccan officials on Monday as they wrapped up a visit to the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara....
CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named a liberal Christian, a hardline Islamist and a woman as assistants Monday as he sought to reach out beyond his power base in...