DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad said he is confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria, as new calls were made on Monday for the International Criminal Court to launch a probe into...
"Another form of government" was still a possibility, he added. The prime minister had vowed to step down if his controversial proposal to form a non-partisan administration, designed to avert...
DAMASCUS- Rebels pressed the "Battle of the airports" in north Syria, striking three key facilities, as the main opposition bloc on Sunday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of fighting alongside its regime...
DAMASCUS- Rebels pressed an offensive in northern Syria on Saturday, attacking Aleppo airport and two airbases, as a rights watchdog and residents reported hundreds of people held in a string of...
TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Thousands of members of the Islamist party Ennahda rallied on Saturday in support of its right to rule and against plans to form a government of technocrats aimed at...
MANAMA, Wissam Keyrouz- Bahrain's police fired tear gas at an opposition rally Friday marking the second anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising against the kingdom's Sunni rulers, witnesses said, a day...
TUNIS, Kaouther Larbi- Embattled Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said he will announce a new government line-up on Saturday, in a bid to overcome Tunisia's worst political crisis since the revolution,...
WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the death toll in Syria may have reached 90,000, citing figures given to him by his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal. "I had occasion...
An army spokesman said that "several Palestinians gathered near the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip, and began damaging the fence." "During the attempts made by IDF (Israel Defence Forces)...
TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party said Tuesday it could leave power, throwing Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali a lifeline in his quest to form a government of technocrats and...