http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1526-syria.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1526-syria.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161518-un-us-filipinos-to-leave-golan-heights.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United Nations and Washington have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of "maximum volatility" in the region after a number of countries decided to pull out their peacekeeping forces amid escalating violence, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:22:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161518-un-us-filipinos-to-leave-golan-heights.html 2013-06-19T10:22:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161396-syria-tv-explosion-hits-military-depot.html BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion at a military depot outside Syria's coastal city of Latakia left six people lightly injured on Wednesday, state television said. State TV said a "technical error" caused the explosion at a base used by the army corps of engineers. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a number of activists on the... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2161396-syria-tv-explosion-hits-military-depot.html 2013-06-19T10:59:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158862-syrian-warplanes-strike-rebel-posts-aleppo.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have for months been trying to take Kweiras and two... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158862-syrian-warplanes-strike-rebel-posts-aleppo.html 2013-06-18T20:53:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement — yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go. Their declaration at the end of the two-day Group of Eight summit s... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2158748-g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks-tax-evasion.html 2013-06-18T20:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union. But they only make promises. There's no actual change until the words are pursued by individual governments or other international organ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html 2013-06-18T19:53:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html BERLIN (AP) — Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in achieving the results he sought. It was Obama's recent move to arm Syria's rebel fighters that catapulted the two-year civil war to the top of the agenda ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2158648-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html 2013-06-18T19:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159526-obama-focuses-agreement-hollande-meeting.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama says he and French President Francois Hollande agree they have strong evidence of chemical weapon use by the Syrian government. But he's not publicly mentioning their current differing positions over whether to arm rebels. Obama said the two leaders agree on the need to build a strong opposition ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159526-obama-focuses-agreement-hollande-meeting.html 2013-06-18T15:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159232-eu-nations-grant-asylum-syrians-top-list.html BERLIN (AP) — European nations granted more people asylum in 2012, including seven times as many Syrians as the previous year. The European Union's statistical office said Tuesday the number of accepted asylum-seekers rose by 22 percent to 102,700 in 2012 from 84,300 a year earlier. It says the number of accepted Syrians rose to 18,700 last year from 2,56... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:22:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159232-eu-nations-grant-asylum-syrians-top-list.html 2013-06-18T13:22:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations hav... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159188-russia-g-8-declaration-wont-mention-assads-fate.html 2013-06-18T12:53:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime. But there were also fissures among the three West... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156678-g8-exposes-rift-leaders-syria.html 2013-06-17T23:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war. Obama acknowledged ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:15:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156498-putin-us-russia-positions-syria-coincide.html 2013-06-17T21:15:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157746-kurds-fight-place-syrian-civil-war.html BEIRUT (AP) — Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, Syria's Kurdish minority has carved out a once unthinkable degree of independence in their areas, creating their own police forces, even their own license plates, and exuberantly going public with their language and culture. But by pursuing their own path distinct from both the opposition and t... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:14:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157746-kurds-fight-place-syrian-civil-war.html 2013-06-17T20:14:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a "path of moderation" that includes greater openness on Tehran's nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to stay out of Iranian affairs. ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html 2013-06-17T20:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the "terrorists" return to their countries with extremist ideologies. Bashar Assad also dismissed the U.S. administration's findings that the Syrian army u... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156420-syrias-assad-eu-will-pay-price-arming-rebels.html 2013-06-17T19:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2157212-white-house-notebook-obama-putin-nearby-g-8.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — If President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin want some extra quality time together at the Group of 8 meeting, they don't have to go far. The U.S. cottage at the Lough Erne resort where the summit is being held is just a few yards from the Russian cottage, the closest U.S. neighbor of all the G-8 deleg... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:13:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2157212-white-house-notebook-obama-putin-nearby-g-8.html 2013-06-17T18:13:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156680-shiite-iraq-militia-claims-attacked-iran-group.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A Shiite militia leader on Monday claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend that killed two members of an Iranian exile group near Baghdad. Saturday's attack on the sprawling Camp Liberty also killed an Iraqi and wounded nine Iranians and seven Iraqis. The dissident group, the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, is the militant wing of a ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:05:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156680-shiite-iraq-militia-claims-attacked-iran-group.html 2013-06-17T18:05:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157194-hamas-urges-ally-hezbollah-to-leave-syria.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday urged Lebanon's Hezbollah militia to withdraw its fighters from Syria and accused it of stoking sectarian tensions, leveling unprecedented public criticism against a former ally. The Hamas statement came as the region's Sunni and Shiite Muslims are lining up on opposite sides of Syr... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:18:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157194-hamas-urges-ally-hezbollah-to-leave-syria.html 2013-06-17T17:18:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2157158-assad-support-rebels-brings-terrorism-to-eu.html BERLIN (AP) — Syria's president is quoted as telling a German newspaper that Europe will "pay the price" if it delivers arms to rebels fighting his government. Bashar Assad told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published Monday that arming the rebels will backfire because "terrorists will return to Europe with fighting experience and ext... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2157158-assad-support-rebels-brings-terrorism-to-eu.html 2013-06-17T15:31:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156760-canada-to-provide-984-aid-to-jordan.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria, its foreign affairs minister said in a statement Monday. The pledge followed a visit by John Baird, who held talks on Syria's two-year civil war with his Jordanian counterpart, Na... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:35:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156760-canada-to-provide-984-aid-to-jordan.html 2013-06-17T11:35:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2125104-10-things-to-monday.html Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. SURVEILLANCE LEAKS TEST TRANSPARENCY Before 2008 election, candidate Obama knocked then-President Bush for creating a "false choice" between liberties and security. Now Obama says citizens cannot expect unlimited security and unl... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:01:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2125104-10-things-to-monday.html 2013-06-17T03:01:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155668-g-8-leaders-to-mull-syria-tax-evasion-free-trade.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on Syria's civil war, promoting freer trade between Europe and North America, and combating global tax evasion. Police commanders in Northern Ireland said they are optimistic tha... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:27:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155668-g-8-leaders-to-mull-syria-tax-evasion-free-trade.html 2013-06-16T23:27:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154974-series-attacks-kill-51-people-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led invasion. Violence has spiked sharply in Iraq in recent... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:55:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154974-series-attacks-kill-51-people-iraq.html 2013-06-16T19:55:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155608-syrian-refugees-egypt-hit-break-ties.html CAIRO (AP) — The minute professional diver Mohammed Ibrahim, a Syrian, heard that Egypt's president had cut relations with Syria and closed its embassy, he jumped into a bus and traveled hundreds of kilometers (miles) from a Red Sea resort city to Cairo to try to get official papers for his long-planned emigration to the United States. Standing with his l... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:55:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155608-syrian-refugees-egypt-hit-break-ties.html 2013-06-16T18:55:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2155348-putin-cameron-hopeful-syria-peace-talks.html LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks tentatively planned for next month in Geneva. Speaking at British Prime Minister's David Cameron's Downing Street office, Russian President Vladimir Putin said both nations are still pressing fo... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2155348-putin-cameron-hopeful-syria-peace-talks.html 2013-06-16T18:30:33Z