WASHINGTON- If the Syrian regime does not quickly address local protesters' demands for reform "the street will wash them away," the US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, predicted on Thursday. "I...

ISTANBUL- An international meeting on Libya Friday in Istanbul should help the Libyan rebels to prepare for power, according to a US official accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The...

TUNIS- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived in Tunis Wednesday to plegde support for the country's democratic transition and open a new UN human rights office. It is the...

NEAR ASABA, Florent Marcie- Libyan rebels repulsed loyalists who had retaken the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday and chased them to the outskirts of Asabah, shelling the town from nearby hills,...

DAMASCUS- Syria's ties with the US and France nosedived on Tuesday, four months into a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, after pro-regime crowds attacked the embassies of the two Western...

WASHINGTON, Christophe Schmidt - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hit back Monday after Syrian "thugs" besieged the US embassy in Damascus, saying President Bashar Al-Assad was "not indispensable"...

WASHINGTON- The US will support Russia's mediation bid in Libya provided it leads to the departure of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev...

DAMASCUS- Syria opened a "national dialogue" on Sunday that it hailed as a step towards multi-party democracy after five decades of Baath party rule, although an opposition boycott undermined its...

GUALISH, Deborah Pasmantier- Forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi launched a counter-attack on Sunday against rebel advance positions southwest of Tripoli, an AFP correspondent said, as rebels cut off an...