UNITED NATIONS- The new UN-Arab League envoy on the Syria conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, wants to visit Damascus in the next three weeks, his spokesman said Wednesday. Brahimi will also have a handover...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's military said its forces were being redeployed on Wednesday to press a campaign against Islamist militants in the Sinai and that 11 "terrorists" have been killed since...

TUNIS- Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday denounced the Tunisian government for tightening its control of state media, highlighting the "urgent need" for independent regulation of the...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum - Libyan activists and civil society groups on Monday urged the newly-elected parliament to intervene to protect the national heritage after Islamist hardliners destroyed...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali resigned on Sunday after coming under fire for the performance of security forces during a surge of violence that has rocked Libya, an official...

ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, Jordan, Kamal Taha- Israel and Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank to deliver aid to students, a number...

ALEPPO, Syria, Sara Hussein- Dozens of bodies were found as Syrian forces launched a deadly assault in the southwestern belt of Damascus on Saturday, in what activists said was a new bid to crush...

TRIPOLI- Islamist hardliners bulldozed part of a revered mausoleum in Tripoli on Saturday in the second such attack in Libya in two days, an AFP correspondent reported. Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa...

The protest did not appear related to a sit-in outside the palace in northern Cairo by activists who oppose President Mohamed Morsi, the country's first Islamist and civilian president. In a...