WASHINGTON- The new defense minister appointed by Egypt's Islamist president has pledged to uphold the strong military ties between Cairo and Washington, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Tuesday. In...
ALEPPO, Syria- The Syrian army pressed its assault on rebels in commercial capital Aleppo on Sunday, while both sides reported atrocities and Arab foreign ministers postponed a planned meeting on the...
Manama recalled its ambassador from Iran on March 15 last year in protest at the time at Tehran's "blatant interference" in the Gulf kingdom's internal affairs. Tehran retaliated by recalling its...
"People are using all these social media platforms to influence audiences outside their country to support them; they're getting quite aggressive with it," said David Bailey, an expert on social...
CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday ordered the surprise retirement of his powerful defence minister and scrapped a constitutional document which handed sweeping...
ALEPPO, Syria- Syrian forces shelled rebels in the battle-scarred city of Aleppo and blasts rocked Damascus, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Saturday for the regime's downfall to be...
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Robert MacPherson- Mosques and Islamic centers across the United States came together Friday to condemn Syria's brutal crackdown on dissent and raise funds for civilians...
EL-ARISH, Egypt, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt massed troops and carried out arrests on Friday to quell Islamist militants in Sinai as President Mohamed Morsi visited an outpost where militants killed 16...
RABAT- An unspecified number of security officials accused of corruption on Morocco's northern coast have been arrested as part of a judicial inquiry ordered by the king, government sources said on...
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Gunfire broke out Thursday in the Sinai town of El-Arish, reports said, as tensions simmered after the Egyptian authorities vowed to crush a surge in Islamist militancy in the...
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