Politics

Rebels seeks funds and arms, Syria's Assad says winning - 01/29/2013

"With a state and a society collapsing, it is the Islamist groups that could gain ground if we do not do what we have to do," France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned the meeting. "This...

Deadly clashes in Egypt, opposition snub Morsi invite - 01/29/2013

Medics later said one person was shot dead late Monday outside a police station in Port Said, where dozens of people have been killed in confrontations between demonstrators and police since...

Iran says ready to help Syrian refugees in Jordan - 01/28/2013

AMMAN- Iran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in Jordan on Sunday that his country was ready to provide aid to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees living who live in the...

Children die in Syria air raid as Patriots go active - 01/27/2013

In the deadliest raid on the city of Manbij, in the northern province of Aleppo, one air strike killed 16 people, half of them children, the Observatory reported from its sources on the ground. Video...

Assad joins Damascus prayers, army bombards Homs - 01/25/2013

In a fresh bid to find a solution to the bloody civil war, UN chief Ban Ki-moon appealed again to members of the Security Council to overcome their divisions. And Syria's interior ministry told...

Fighting rages in Syria, Russia lashes out at opposition - 01/24/2013

DAMASCUS- Fighting raged in several Syrian flashpoints on Wednesday as key Damascus ally Moscow lashed out the opposition for its "obsession" with toppling President Bashar al-Assad. In a related...

Jordan Islamists shun election, cry foul - 01/24/2013

AMMAN, Ahmad Khatib- Jordanians turned out in numbers on Wednesday for polls snubbed by Islamists who alleged vote buying and shed doubt on turnout figures, slamming as illegitimate what is likely to...

Egypt opposition calls for protests on revolt anniversary - 01/22/2013

CAIRO- Egypt's opposition has called for demonstrations across the country on Friday, the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, to protest against mounting 'mistakes' by the...

Islamist militant Belmokhtar's group threatens France: report - 01/22/2013

PARIS- The Islamist militant group that staged a deadly hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant under orders from leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar has threatened to carry out new attacks, especially against...

Syria opposition meets to name PM-in-exile - 01/21/2013

DAMASCUS- Syria's opposition umbrella group met Sunday in a bid to name a prime minister-in-exile, a day after the Damascus government ruled out any calls for the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. The...
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