Syria says Assad will remain president until 2014
Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek ...
Lebanon parliament set to extend term amid turmoil
Lebanon's parliament moved Wednesday to extend its term, skipping scheduled elections because of the country's deteriorating security linked to the ...
UN rights council demands Syria protect civilians
The U.S., Turkey and Qatar pushed through a U.N. resolution Wednesday demanding a probe into the fighting around the Syrian town of Qusair, near ...
Russia assails UN rights body's motion on Syria
Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday sharply criticized a draft resolution on Syria to be considered by the United Nations' top human rights body, ...
Fighting in Syria, Hezbollah charts risky course
The giant posters of Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon's wars with Israel still dot the picturesque landscape of southern Lebanon, the few ...
Israel warns Russia against giving Syria missiles
Israel's defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a "threat" and signaled that Israel is ...
Gunmen kill 3 Lebanese troops near Syria
Gunmen killed three Lebanese soldiers in a drive-by shooting on a government checkpoint near the Syrian border Tuesday, Lebanon's military said, ...
AP Interview: Rebels want arms post-EU embargo
The commander of the main Western-backed umbrella group of Syrian rebel brigades said Tuesday he is "very disappointed" that the lifting of Europe's ...
Russia: missile deal protects Syria from invasion
Russia reserves the right to provide Syria with state-of-the art air defense missiles, seeing it as a key deterrent against foreign intervention in ...
US, Russia discuss peace plan as Syria worsens
The top U.S. and Russian diplomats met Monday to try to accelerate frustratingly slow peace efforts in Syria, where the signs point only to a ...
Britain: EU ends arms embargo on Syrian opposition
The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria's outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President ...
UN rights body agrees to urgent debate on Syria
The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to hold another urgent session on the civil war in Syria, hoping to prod accountability for the killing ...
Syrian troops gain ground, TV reporter killed
Syrian troops gained ground Monday in a nine-day offensive against a key rebel-held town, and a Syrian TV correspondent covering the fighting there ...
Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spillover
Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese ...
2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold
A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in southern Beirut on Sunday, ...
Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the ...
Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first ...
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