DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syria accused Israel of bombing its main international airport on Sunday as the UN announced talks with rebel leaders on a ceasefire in its war-battered second city of Aleppo. Israel...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Claudine Renaud- South Africa was mourning on Sunday a teacher who had left a comfortable life back home to help children in Yemen, but was taken hostage and killed in a...
BAALBEK, LEBANON- Gunmen and protesters took to the streets Saturday after a Syrian jihadist group said it killed a captured Lebanese policeman to avenge the arrest of family members of Islamist...
WASHINGTON, US- Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that the fight against Islamic State militants is a "third world war," as President Barack Obama pledged a sizable US aid increase to his...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Wealthy nations have only taken in a "pitiful" number of the millions of refugees uprooted by Syria's war, placing the burden on the country's ill-equipped neighbours, Amnesty...
WASHINGTON, US- The Islamic State group, which overran large areas of Iraq and Syria, has set up training camps in eastern Libya and the American military is closely monitoring the situation, a top...
ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkish students know Albert Einstein but can't name any Muslim scientists or scholars, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained on Tuesday as he called for a new curriculum in...
CAIRO, EGYPT- Critics on Sunday accused Egypt's courts of taking sides after the dropping of a murder charge against ex-president Hosni Mubarak, with experts and activists saying the country's hopes...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- Islamic State group jihadists battling for control of the Syrian town of Kobane suffered some of their heaviest losses yet in 24 hours of clashes and US-led air...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- US-led strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria have failed to weaken the jihadist organisation, according to Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. Speaking on Friday night...
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