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Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford: I could no longer ‘defend the American policy’ - 06/04/2014

The Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, who left his post just a month ago, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday that he could no longer stand behind his government.   “I was no longer in a...

Sisi named Egypt president-elect with 96.9% of vote - 06/04/2014

CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush, Jay Deshmukh- Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared Egypt's president-elect Tuesday, winning 96.9 percent of the vote in an election nearly a year after he toppled...

Syria holds controversial wartime presidential vote - 06/04/2014

DAMASCUS, Rana Moussaoui, Roueida Mabardi- Syrians voted Tuesday in a presidential election in which Bashar al-Assad is looking to tighten his grip on power as his forces battle rebels in a...

Arab TV airs video of Frenchman kidnapped in Mali in 2011 - 06/04/2014

DUBAI- Frenchman Serge Lazarevic, kidnapped in Mali by Al-Qaeda in 2011, appeared in a video aired on Tuesday by Dubai-based Alaan television urging French President Francois Holland to act to secure...

Syria presidential election: Assad's stage-managed show of democracy - 06/03/2014

Bashar al-Assad is certain to win, but will need to make reforms during his third term as president – as well as restore security People queue to cast their votes in the presidential election...

Global protest reads names of 100,000 Syria dead - 06/03/2014

NEW YORK- Activists began reading the names of 100,000 people killed in Syria outside UN headquarters on Monday, in a modest launch of what they hope will be a global protest. A dozen...

New Libyan government takes office amid fighting in the east - 06/03/2014

BENGHAZI- Libya's new government announced Monday it had taken office, despite the refusal of Abdullah al-Thani's cabinet to leave power, as violence intensified in the east of the country following...

95 percent of registered Syrian expats voted in embassies: committee - 06/01/2014

DAMASCUS- Syria's electoral commission said on Saturday that 95 percent of registered expatriate voters took part in a presidential election expected to return incumbent Bashar al-Assad to power,...

Sisi sweeps election as Egypt military reasserts grip - 05/30/2014

CAIRO, Tony Gamal-Gabriel, Sarah Benhaida- Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scored a crushing presidential election triumph and consolidated the military's grip, 11 months after the overthrow...

Spain displays old sunken treasure won in court battle - 05/30/2014

MADRID- Thousands of gold and silver coins pulled from a 19th-century shipwreck went on show in a Spanish museum on Thursday after Spain won them from US treasure hunters in a court battle. The cargo...
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