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Russian FM says Assad won't go
Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to ...
Syrian airline cancels flight to Aleppo
Syria's national airline canceled a flight to Aleppo on Saturday because of fighting near its international airport, while the United Nations top ...
Rebels besiege airports in northern Syria
Syrian rebels stepped up their siege of a government helicopter base and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport on Friday, part of ...
Iraqi Sunni protesters turn out in several cities
Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government massed along a major western highway and ...
Russia reaches out to Syrian coalition
Russia's foreign minister says Moscow has proposed talks with the main Syrian opposition coalition, despite Russia's previous criticism of Western ...
UN envoy, Moscow call for revival of Syria plan
Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off the ground when it was proposed months ago ...
Russia meets with Syrian envoy on peace plan
Russia is seeking to revive last summer's failed peace plan for Syria during talks with a top Syrian diplomat and the international envoy on the ...
Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest
Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese ...
Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni stronghold
Large, noisy demonstrations against Iraq's government flared for the third time in less than a week Wednesday in Iraq's western Anbar province, ...
Syrian rebels make more gains in north
Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of heavy fighting and attacked a regime air base in a ...
UN envoy worried after talks with Syria's Assad
The international envoy to Syria said after talks with the country's leader Monday that the situation was "worrying" and gave no indication of ...
Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits
A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a ...
Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad
With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to flee their hometown of Aleppo, which has become a major battleground in Syria's ...
Russia welcomes any offer to give Assad refuge
Russia would welcome any country's offer of safe haven for Syrian President Bashar Assad, but has no plans to make one of its own, Moscow's foreign ...
Russia says it won't host Assad but others welcome
Russia's foreign minister says Moscow would welcome any country's offer of a safe haven to Syrian President Bashar Assad, but underlined that Moscow ...
Correction: Bahrain-Security Summit story
In a story Dec. 8 about a security summit in Bahrain, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Prince ...
Kerry a familiar face on the world stage
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son ...
Syrian rebels step up attacks on strategic sites
Syria's rebels stepped up attacks on strategic sites including a sprawling military complex in the country's north on Friday, while reports emerged ...
Putin: Russia no defender of Syrian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday with European leaders in Brussels to discuss energy, Syria and human rights, but reached no agreements ...
AP poll: Mass shootings voted top 2012 news story
The horrific massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012, ...
Wounded presage health crisis for postwar Syria
A baby boy joined the ranks of Syria's tens of thousands of war wounded when a missile fired by Bashar Assad's air force slammed into his family home ...
Russia acknowledges that Syrian leader may fall
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself further than ever from Syria's embattled leader on Thursday, suggesting that Bashar Assad's regime ...
Putin: Russia recognizes need for change in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself further than ever before from his longtime ally in Syria on Thursday, saying he understands Syria ...
UN: Syrian civil war increasingly sectarian
Syria's civil war is increasingly turning into a sectarian conflict pitting majority Sunni rebels against government forces supported by the country's ...
New Syria rebel chief describes clandestine life
The new Syrian rebel chief said he's been moving between safe houses since taking up command, even changing quarters twice in one night when he feared ...