The violence comes after anti-government protesters blocked a key highway to Syria and Jordan, amid political tensions between Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and a secular Sunni-backed party in...
CAIRO, Murad Fathi- International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned Sunday the Syrian war was worsening "by the day" as he announced a peace plan he believed could find support from world powers,...
JERUSALEM- Jewish settler activists left a wildcat outpost near the West Bank city of Ramallah quietly on Saturday, Israeli media reported, 24 hours after battling security forces sent to evict them....
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi downplayed on Saturday the country's teetering economy before a newly empowered senate, and insisted that a new constitution that fuelled...
MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks- Russia, the only world power with close ties to the Syrian regime, urged President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to talk to the opposition as Moscow itself put out feelers that...
DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called on Thursday for "real change" and a transitional government in Syria but the armed opposition swiftly retorted that that could...
The "Welcome to Palestine" delegation is to stay in the territory until January 1, in solidarity with the people of Gaza and in protest against the Israeli blockade in force since 2006, organisers...
CAIRO- Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday ordered a probe into the top three leaders of the opposition on suspicion of trying to incite followers to overthrow President Mohamed Morsi, a legal...
CAIRO, Marc Burleigh- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday hailed an Islamist-backed charter he pushed through despite fierce opposition protests as "a new dawn" for his country, and said he...
DAMASCUS- Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met internal opposition groups Tuesday as he pushed a new initiative to end Syria's conflict, and as Gulf Arab states urged a rapid political transition. Pope...
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