TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Libya has called its neighbours to a meeting on their porous common borders, which since the downfall of Moamer Kadhafi have become major conduits for smuggling, an...

AMMAN- A Jordanian military tribunal on Thursday freed on bail an outspoken former member of parliament who is on trial for urging a revolt in the kingdom, a court official said on Thursday."The...

TUNIS- A Tunis appeals' court on Wednesday postponed till mid March a trial against ousted Tunisian leader Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and other officials, accused of torture, a court official told...

He said Libya backs Syrians in their twin "goals of freedom and getting rid of the dictatorial regime."The announcement comes a day after Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil promised to help Syria with...

And a management source at Le Figaro told AFP that Bouvier, 31, was "not in Lebanon but still in Syria."Earlier, a Lebanese official told AFP: "The information we have is that both arrived overnight...

Abbadi, a controversial MP who served twice in parliament from 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2001, was arrested earlier this month after military prosecutors charged him with incitement against the...

WASHINGTON- The United States on Monday dismissed Syria's referendum for a new constitution as "absolutely cynical," after a nearly year-long government crackdown that has left thousands of its...

The Saudi government, during its weekly session chaired by King Abdullah, also pledged to support "any international effort" that will help protect the Syrian people.The statement did not refer to...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after 33 years at the helm on Monday, making him the fourth veteran Arab leader to fall in a year of mass pro-democracy...