
Syrian regime shoring up hold on capital, coast
After watching much of Syria's territory slip into rebel hands, President Bashar Assad's regime is focusing on the basics: shoring up its hold on ...

EU lifts Syria oil embargo to bolster rebels
The European Union on Monday lifted its oil embargo on Syria to provide more economic support to the forces fighting to oust President Bashar Assad's ...

Syrian opposition calls on Hezbollah to stay out
The Syrian opposition called on Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters from the country, as activists said regime troops supported by gunmen linked to the ...

Egypt justice minister submits resignation
Egypt's justice minister submitted his resignation Sunday, a Cabinet spokesman said, in a move that signaled strong disapproval of the president's ...

US doubles aid to Syrian rebels, who want more
The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and ...
Group accuses Egypt's Morsi of ignoring atrocities
Some members of a high-level commission that issued a report detailing security abuses and atrocities during and after Egypt's 2011 uprising accused ...

Child soldiers patrol C. African Republic capital
As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide ...

Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt
Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist rally demanding a purge of ...

Diplomats: EU set to ease Syria oil embargo
The European Union is set to ease its oil embargo on Syria to bolster the forces fighting to oust President Bashar Assad's regime, two diplomats said ...

Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait
Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ...
Yemenis dismantle tents, declare end of revolution
In a symbolic move, Yemenis on Thursday began to dismantle protest tent camp in the capital, Sanaa, and other cities across the country, declaring the ...

Israeli PM doesn't rule out helping Syrian rebels
Israel's prime minister declined to rule out the possibility of providing arms to Syrian rebel groups, saying in a television interview broadcast ...

Even in desert retreat, monks feel Egypt's turmoil
In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the ...

Activists: Rebels capture base in central Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their ...

Egypt court sets May 11 for Mubarak retrial
The Cairo appellate court on Wednesday set May 11 for the resumption of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's retrial in the deaths of hundreds ...

Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaida in Syria
Syria's president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country's civil war, warning it will pay a price "in the heart" of Europe ...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemns Boston blasts
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemned the Boston Marathon bombings Tuesday, but a senior member of the group painted them as part of a conspiracy aimed ...
Egypt policeman sentenced to 15 years for torture
An Egyptian court sentenced a police officer to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for torturing an ultraconservative Muslim to death, a rare lengthy ...

Syria Muslim Brotherhood denies seeking power grab
The exiled leader of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood denied Monday widespread accusations by other pro-rebel political factions that the group is seeking ...