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Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels
After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that ...
Kerry struggles to get Turkey to mend Israel ties
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two ...
Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to unite in struggle
Al-Qaida's leader has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in ...
Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo
A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday killed at least 15 people, including nine ...
Lebanon names UK-educated lawmaker prime minister
A British-educated lawmaker from a prominent political family was named Lebanon's new prime minister Saturday, and vowed to work toward ending ...
Iraqi Shiite group says member killed in Syria
A member of an Iraq Shiite militant group was killed in Syria, an official with the group said Saturday, highlighting how the increasingly sectarian ...
4 Italian journalists held in Syria
The Italian Foreign Ministry says that four Italian journalists have been detained in Syria. The Foreign Ministry on Saturday said that they are in ...
Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
President Bashar Assad warned the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for ...
Lebanese politician poised to be next premier
A prominent Lebanese politician is poised to become the next prime minister of Lebanon this weekend after securing the support of a majority of ...
Putin urges peace talks to end Syria 'massacre'
President Vladimir Putin said the civil war in Syria has become "a massacre" that must be stopped through peace talks between the government and the ...
UN: 1.2 million Syria refugees in Jordan this year
The United Nations is predicting that the number of Syrian refugees in neighboring Jordan will more than double to 1.2 million by the end of this year
Syria warns Jordan over aiding rebels
Syria's regime sternly warned neighboring Jordan on Thursday that it was "playing with fire" by allowing the U.S. and other countries to train and arm ...
Prospects for arms treaty all but dead in Senate
Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the ...
Palestinian protester killed by Israeli army fire
Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by ...
Rebels capture military base in southern Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the country's south on Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, activists said, in the latest advance by ...
Gunmen raid 4 newspaper offices in Baghdad
Gunmen suspected of being Shiite militiamen burst into the offices of four independent newspapers in Baghdad, smashing their equipment, stabbing and ...
Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched ...
Ex-ambassadors urge US, Russia to mend rift
The U.S. and Russia should overcome their cold spell by focusing on their common economic and security challenges, former diplomats to Moscow and ...
US restraint in Syria could aid Iran nuclear talks
President Barack Obama's reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons. For the ...
6,000 Syrians killed in March, deadliest month yet
March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said ...