DAMASCUS- Syria said on Thursday that sanctions were biting ahead of Arab League ministers being briefed on the heavily criticised monitoring mission's operations and as NATO's top officer said the...

In Ramallah, a Palestinian foreign ministry official told AFP that Thailand was recognizing the state along the lines that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War. "Thailand's recognition of a...

DAMASCUS- The European Union prepared on Wednesday to tighten sanctions against Syria over its repression of anti-regime protests, as long-time Damascus ally Moscow warned against punitive measures....

Rival Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah are still in the process of trying to implement a reconciliation deal they signed in May 2011, which called for the speedy establishment of an interim...

Ros-Lehtinen, who recently completed a tour that included Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, discussed the impasse over Israeli-Palestinian peace talks with the visiting...

DAMASCUS- Syria rejected on Tuesday a Qatari proposal to deploy Arab troops to halt 10 months of deadly unrest, as army defectors and a tribal leader appealed to the UN Security Council to...

Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian coordinator, will give details on the impact of Israeli settlements at the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday morning as part of discussions on the Middle...

ABIDJAN- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the unrest in Yemen was a "major concern", as Al-Qaeda militants took advantage of a central government weakened by months of protests....

Several sources in the town said more than 1,000 Al-Qaeda gunmen invaded Rada, which is within striking distance of a strategic highway connecting Sanaa with the south and southwest. "Al-Qaeda has...