DAMASCUS- Syria's opposition issued a cry for help on Sunday as regime forces pounded rebel bastions in Homs province and activists warned that hundreds of civilians were trapped with little food or...
CAIRO, Sara Hussein- Egypt's ruling military council on Sunday issued an amended constitutional document handing it sweeping powers, including legislative control, after a court ruled the elected...
DAMASCUS- UN observers suspended their operations in Syria on Saturday, blaming intensifying violence as troops rained shells down on rebel bastions including Homs where the opposition warned a...
DAMASCUS- The UN observer force accused both sides in the Syrian conflict on Friday of hampering its peace mission and acknowledged its limitations in the face of escalating violence. As the death...
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's top court on Thursday paved the way for the ruling military to assume parliament's powers by annulling the Islamist-led house while allowing Hosni Mubarak's last...
NICOSIA- As Syria's conflict spirals to vicious new depths, Iran is doubling down on its support for Damascus out of fear of losing its main pillar of regional influence, analysts said. The backing...
CAIRO- Egypt's justice minister on Wednesday granted the army the right to arrest civilians, after such powers expired with the lifting of the decades-old state of emergency last month. Adel Abdel...
TRIPOLI- A Libyan official said on Wednesday that the detention of four International Criminal Court envoys was "a matter of national security" to be weighed by local judges. "It is a matter of...
"We're not buying helicopters for the Syrian regime. We're buying helicopters in support of the Afghan Air Force," press secretary George Little told reporters. Senator John Cornyn, in a letter to...
Rujaib's resignation comes just a week before he was scheduled to be questioned in parliament by two opposition MPs over allegations of wide-ranging irregularities. Former finance minister Mustafa...
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