
Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan
On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that ...

Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia
Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli ...

Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum
Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down ...

Israel: Conflict over recognition, not territory
Israel's prime minister gave a cool reception Wednesday to a new Arab Mideast peace initiative, saying the conflict with the Palestinians isn't about ...

Arab League sweetens Israel-Palestinian peace plan
The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders
Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ...

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 ...

Kerry makes new, ambitious Mideast peace push
Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process that includes reviving ...

Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges
A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.

Russia criticizes Arab League move on Syria
Russia on Thursday harshly criticized the Arab League's recognition of the Syrian opposition as the only representative of the country, saying it ...

Syria's Assad appeals to African summit for help
Syria's increasingly isolated president sent a letter calling for help from leaders of five nations at an economic meeting Wednesday in South Africa ...

Syrian opposition takes Syria's Arab summit seat
Syria's opposition took over the country's seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ...

Arab League summit showcases Qatar's swagger
Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. His welcoming remarks to kings, sheiks and ...

Syrian opposition takes seat at Arab summit
Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant ...

Syrian rebels advance, oblivious to infighting
A dual picture of Syria's rebellion is emerging: Fighters on the ground make advances, seizing territory in the south and even firing one of the ...
Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition
In a symbolic blow to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior Arab diplomats said Sunday that they will transfer Syria's seat in their main ...

Russia offers to broker Syria talks
Russia and the Arab League proposed Wednesday to broker talks between the Syrian opposition and President Bashar Assad's regime to try to resolve the ...
Russia, Arab League push for Syria conflict talks
Russia and the Arab League offered Wednesday to broker talks between the Syrian government and the opposition to end the country's two-year civil war.

UN envoy backs Syrian opposition's call for talks
A Syrian opposition leader's call for dialogue is a test for the intentions of President Bashar Assad, the international envoy to Syria said Sunday, ...

In Davos, examining the Arab Spring's mixed bag
The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much ...
Arab League official urges Arab Israelis to vote
A senior Arab League official has called on Israel's Arab minority to go out and vote in the Jewish state's parliamentary election, arguing that doing ...

Moscow to start evacuating Russians from Syria
Russia said Monday it is sending two planes to Lebanon to start evacuating its citizens from Syria, the strongest sign yet that President Bashar ...
Arab League: Syria envoy mission makes no progress
The Arab League chief says the mission of the international envoy tasked with resolving Syria's crisis has not yielded even a "flicker of hope." Nabil ...
Palestinian premier urges Arabs to pay pledged aid
The Palestinian prime minister warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged ...

Syria talks end in Geneva without solution
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that Russia seems as determined as the United States to end Syria's civil war, but that he doesn't ...