KIRKUK, Iraq, Marwan Ibrahim- Kurdish forces deployed to new areas of a disputed north Iraq province in what a top officer said Saturday was an attempt to move into oilfields, as five days of unrest...
CAIRO- Egyptian police arrested 12 members of the "Black Bloc" -- a violent group opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood -- after clashes outside Cairo's presidential palace, the official MENA news agency...
ALGIERS- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in a Paris hospital for examinations Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke, but is reportedly not experiencing any lasting effects from his latest...
BEIRUT, Serene Assir- Fresh fighting erupted on the outskirts of Damascus on Friday, as Syrian regime troops battled rebels in the north, south and east, backed in some areas by tanks and militia, a...
BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- The United Nations warned on Friday that Iraq is at a "crossroads" and appealed for restraint, as four days of violence, including several attacks at mosques, killed more than...
BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday of a return to "sectarian civil war" as 179 people were killed over three days and gunmen were given 48 hours to vacate a...
"He reiterated the secretary-general's call to stop the flow of arms to either side in Syria and called on the council to consider an arms embargo." The United States was cool to the idea. State...
CAIRO- US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel urged Egypt's Islamist-led government on Wednesday to press ahead with reforms in a trip designed to bolster America's alliances in a region swept by upheaval....
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- A car bomb attack on France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday wounded two French guards and caused extensive damage, prompting the French foreign minister to visit and warn...
RIYADH, Dan De Luce- Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel sought to reassure traditional US allies in a Middle East tour this week but fears over Syria's civil war underscored the upheaval gripping the region....
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