DAMASCUS- Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday as Syria's regime sent reinforcements into rebel areas despite a truce pledge, and the UN said it was rushing a team to Damascus to pave the way for peace...
The Palestinian Authority in January 2009 accepted the Hague-based court's jurisdiction, asking prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to launch a war crimes investigation against Israel following the Gaza...
WASHINGTON- The United States said Monday it will help fund a new initiative to train Syrian investigators and document alleged abuses to ensure accountability in the bloody year-long crackdown on...
ISTANBUL, Rita Daou- Sunday's "Friends of Syria" conference sidestepped solid measures against the Damascus regime for fear of getting sucked into a conflict that could defy control, analysts and...
SIDON, Lebanon- Residents of Sidon in southern Lebanon were surprised on Monday to see two rabbis touring Jewish sites in the city's old quarter, an AFP journalist said.The two American members of...
DAMASCUS- Damascus on Sunday blasted a "Friends of Syria" meeting in Istanbul that is seeking ways to up the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad's regime as a "platform for the enemies of...
BAGHDAD, Mohamad Ali Harissi and Ammar Karim - Iraq's Shiite prime minister on Sunday slammed Sunni-ruled Qatar and Saudi Arabia's stance on arming Syrian rebels, as Doha hosted Baghdad's fugitive...
The previous low for a month was in November 2009, when 122 people died.March's death toll is markedly lower than the figure for February, when 150 Iraqis were killed, and is less than half the toll...
DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- Syria's regime declared on Saturday it has defeated those seeking to bring it down while reiterating support for a UN-Arab peace plan, as its troops reportedly shelled rebels in...
AMMAN- Amnesty International on Saturday urged Jordan to free six political activists charged with insulting King Abdullah II, as police broke up a demonstration in Amman demanding their release.The...