DAMASCUS- Campaigning for Syria's June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power begins on Sunday, the Supreme Constitutional Court said. It confirmed Saturday that the...

CAIRO, Jay Deshmukh- Presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted elected leader Mohamed Morsi, has prioritised stability over freedoms, insisting it will take up to 25 years for Egypt...

WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State John Kerry believes drawing up the borders of a future Palestinian state and agreeing to security arrangements for Israel will be "essential" if peace talks resume,...

HOMS, Rim Haddad- The last rebels were leaving the centre of the battleground city of Homs on Thursday, handing a symbolic victory to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a controversial...

WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State John Kerry will be a no-show to a Congress hearing set for May 21 about the deadly assault on a US mission in Libya as he will be abroad, a spokeswoman said Monday....

LONDON- Western and Gulf nations opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will hold their latest meeting in London on May 15 to discuss stepping up support for rebels, Britain's Foreign Office...

CAIRO- Egypt's former army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Tuesday he would not receive an Israeli prime minister absent concessions to Palestinians in...

DAMASCUS- Rebels said Sunday they struck a deal to withdraw from the army-besieged heart of Homs city, as government forces advanced on a strategic town near the Syrian capital, a month before...

DAMASCUS- Tens of thousands of Syrians fled inter-jihadist fighting in the east as rebels Saturday neared a final deal with the government to withdraw from their last besieged strongholds in battered...