Homs land registry fire and handing out of arms to villagers fuel concerns that an Alawite-Shia enclave is being formed in Syria     Children in Homs. The city, once a place where...

PARIS, Catherine Rama- Syria's opposition leader and the rebels' military chief said Tuesday they would ask France for various forms of assistance including military aid to back up the forces...

BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj- Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons, including notorious Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs and gunfire, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that cost more than 40 lives,...

BRUSSELS, Bryan McManus- The European Union on Monday put the military wing of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on its of terrorist organisations, a move that the group slammed as aggressive and...

HONG KONG, David Watkins- It may be unclear what exactly Beijing means by its aspirational "China Dream" slogan, but for banned "Wild Swans" author Jung Chang it's a positive step. "It's good to have...

DAMASCUS- Deadly violence raged across Syria on Sunday as regime shelling killed at least 18 civilians in the northwest while 28 rebels died in Damascus battling government forces, a monitoring group...

CAIRO, Tom Little- Egypt's new cabinet held Sunday its first meeting and urged parties to keep their demonstrations peaceful, as a panel named to amend the constitution called on all sides to...

CAIRO, Tom Little- Jordan's king met Egypt's interim leaders Saturday, the first head of state to visit since the army ousted its Islamist president, as a panel was appointed to amend the...

CAIRO, Guillaume Klein- As thousands of Islamists massed for a third week at Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya square, residents were beginning to lose patience with ousted president Mohamed Morsi's...