MOSCOW- The Syrian government said Monday it was "ready" for talks with rebels as the opposition overturned its planned boycott of a conference to conside the "next steps" in ending the deadly...

DAMASCUS- Turkey and the United States lashed out against the Syrian regime after the death toll from a missile strike on Aleppo rose to 58, while a French photographer wounded in the conflict was...

CAIRO- Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei on Saturday called for a boycott of Egypt's upcoming legislative elections, as the president rescheduled the first round after Copts complained it would...

DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- A huge car bomb exploded near ruling party offices in Damascus on Thursday, killing nearly 60 people and causing widespread destruction in the Syrian capital's deadliest attack...

CAIRO- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday called parliamentary elections starting April 27, according to a presidential decree. Voting will take place in four stages with the new People's...

DAMASCUS- A commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army warned on Wednesday that his forces would target Lebanon's Hezbollah unless the powerful militant group stops shelling territory held by the...

RABAT- Some 800 protesters gathered in front of the Moroccan parliament on Wednesday, marking two years since the birth of the February 20 reform movement during the Arab Spring uprisings. Carrying...

DAMASCUS- Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating missile strike on second city...

DUBLIN- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny issued a full apology Tuesday to the thousands of women who suffered in church-run laundries, two weeks after stopping short of doing so. A report published a...