MANAMA- The annual summit of Arab monarchs in the Gulf opened in Manama on Monday with a call for closer economic integration and unity in the face of the turmoil which has swept much of the Middle...
MIDOUNE, Tunisia- Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia's Islamist ruling party attacked members of a secular opposition party and besieged the hotel where they were meeting on Saturday, an AFP...
Lavrov reiterated Moscow's position that the Syrian people should be allowed to decide their own destiny without outside agencies seeking to help oust the regime. "We are not in the business of...
DAMASCUS- Thousands of Palestinians returned on Thursday to a refugee camp in Damascus that has become a battle ground, as UN investigators warned of an openly sectarian conflict that threatens whole...
BEIRUT- One of Syria's top three Druze religious leaders, who had close ties to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, has died of cancer, state news agency SANA said on Thursday. A leader of one...
BEIRUT- Talks were held on Wednesday aimed at removing both rebel and pro-government fighters from a Damascus Palestinian refugee camp after deadly clashes, a Palestinian relief official told AFP, as...
CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Egypt's opposition mustered only a low turnout for protests late Tuesday against a draft constitution backed by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi that looks likely to...
BERLIN- Germany said Monday it has postponed debt relief for Egypt due to concerns about Cairo's commitment to democracy, as a minister expressed fears the country could be heading back to...
DAMASCUS- Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Sharaa said in an interview to be published Monday that neither his government nor the rebels fighting to overthrow it can win a decisive victory in the...