BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 23 people, most of them from the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group, were killed by a truck suicide bomber in Syria's Aleppo city on Monday, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian...
VIENTIANE, LAOS- US Secretary of State John Kerry said he hoped for "clarity" within 48 hours on talks aimed at ending Syria's five-year war which had been due to start Monday. Speaking in Laos,...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Suspected Russian raids killed 47 civilians in war-ravaged eastern Syria on Saturday, amid reports US forces are building up an air base to bolster their fight against jihadists...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- US Secretary of State John Kerry reassured Saudi Arabia on Sunday of the "solid relationship" between both countries, even after the lifting of sanctions on the kingdom's...
CAIRO, EGYPT, Haitham El-Tabei- Five years after the uprising against Hosni Mubarak erupted, Egypt has returned to iron-fisted rule by a regime that brutally crushes opponents even as it battles a...
TRIPOLI, LIBYA, Rim Taher- Oil facilities in northern Libya were set ablaze Thursday as the Islamic State group launched fresh attacks to seize key export terminals, renewing concerns over the...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The United Nations said Thursday that crucial talks on ending the Syria conflict would likely be delayed by a few days, as a dispute over who will represent the opposition...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Dario Thuburn- Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the killing of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, a British inquiry into his agonising death by...
PARIS, FRANCE, Laurent Barthelemy / Eric Randolph- Western leaders injected fresh urgency into the fight against the Islamic State group Wednesday, vowing to destroy its "power centres", while Russia...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Around 100 UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations on Thursday called on citizens worldwide to join an appeal to end the "carnage" in Syria as the conflict there...
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