BEIRUT- Syrian troops shelled a besieged town near Damascus and clashed with rebels on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday as the country's conflict entered its 22nd month, a watchdog and...

The demonstration, held ahead of Bahrain's National Day celebrations on Sunday, was called by opposition groups after a ban on organising protests was lifted earlier this week. The opposition said...

MARRAKESH, Morocco- Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime are to recognise the newly formed opposition coalition as "the legitimate representative" of the Syrian people, a...

CAIRO, John Davison- Protesters started to gather in Cairo on Tuesday for rival rallies for and against a divisive constitutional referendum proposed by Egypt's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. The...

DERNAYA, Tunisia- Tunisian security forces have mounted a search operation for gunmen who carried out an attack in the Kasserine region near the Algerian border, killing a policeman, a security...

On the political front, the EU gave a vital boost to the newly-formed Syrian opposition coalition, describing it as the "legitimate representatives" of the Syrian people following talks in Brussels...

CAIRO- Egyptian Islamist movements, including President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, will hold a rival demonstration on Tuesday, the same day as protests organised by the opposition, a...

KUWAIT CITY- Kuwaiti activists have called for protesters to camp outside parliament next Saturday on the eve of its opening session as they step up pressure to dissolve the newly elected house. "In...

DAMASCUS- Syria warned on Saturday that rebels could use chemical weapons in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad's forces, but insisted the regime will never unleash such arms on its own...