http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/22248-civil-wars.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/22248-civil-wars.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107628-syrian-regime-oks-peace-talks-amid-skepticism.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides. Doubting that Damascus is serious and may be stalling while government forces make battlefield gains, the ... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:38:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107628-syrian-regime-oks-peace-talks-amid-skepticism.html 2013-05-24T19:38:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107664-austria-wants-eu-arms-embargo-to-syria-extended.html VIENNA (AP) — The European Union's arms embargo to Syria should be extended while a political solution is sought in its civil war and to maintain the safety of U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Austria's foreign minister said Friday. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the largest contingent of the approximately 900 U.N. peacekeepers posted to the Golan ... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2107664-austria-wants-eu-arms-embargo-to-syria-extended.html 2013-05-24T14:32:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104668-clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover.html BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised the five-day death toll to 16 and fed fears of the Syrian civil war spreading to Lebanon and other neighboring count... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104668-clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover.html 2013-05-23T19:16:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday. The Palestinians in Syria are particularly vulnerable because of their refugee ... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html 2013-05-23T14:52:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104140-report-crisis-stoking-anti-migrant-bias-europe.html NEW YORK (AP) — A top human rights group warned Wednesday that the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars and economic hardship is worsening in Europe as financial turmoil and austerity stokes bias against foreigners. In its annual global report on human rights, Amnesty International pointed to Greece's tough new immigration laws and Italy's deporta... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:44:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104140-report-crisis-stoking-anti-migrant-bias-europe.html 2013-05-22T23:44:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102900-kerry-us-allies-ready-to-step-up-aid-to-rebels.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry allowed that President Barack... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102900-kerry-us-allies-ready-to-step-up-aid-to-rebels.html 2013-05-22T22:01:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2103238-israeli-air-force-chief-warns-syrian-attacks.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's air force chief warned Wednesday that tensions with Syria could escalate into a "surprise war" and that Israel needs to be ready. The remarks by Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel echoed statements by Israel's military chief of staff a day earlier. "A surprise war could take shape today in many configurations," Eshel said at a strategy confere... Wed, 22 May 2013 18:14:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2103238-israeli-air-force-chief-warns-syrian-attacks.html 2013-05-22T18:14:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102324-syrian-opposition-urges-rebels-to-join-key-battle.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. With its appeal, the Syrian National Coalition sought to bolster embattled rebel forces in Qusair who for a fourth str... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102324-syrian-opposition-urges-rebels-to-join-key-battle.html 2013-05-22T17:43:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday. The shake-up will include commanders of divisions and operations, said Iraqi government spokes... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html 2013-05-22T14:14:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago. Rising tensions between Sunnis and the Shii... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html 2013-05-21T20:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html BEIRUT (AP) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group first wants ironclad guarantees of Assad's departure as part of any transition deal and more weap... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html 2013-05-21T18:25:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099486-israel-warns-syria-attacks-golan.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict. The incident marked the first time the ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099486-israel-warns-syria-attacks-golan.html 2013-05-21T17:32:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100322-spain-backs-sending-defensive-arms-to-syria-rebels.html MADRID (AP) — Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" to rebel groups to help protect the population, its foreign minister said Tuesday. To date, Spain has defended sending only non-lethal aid. Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo said Syrians should decide their own future, but he added that Sp... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100322-spain-backs-sending-defensive-arms-to-syria-rebels.html 2013-05-21T16:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence — which has claimed more than 240 lives in th... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html 2013-05-20T21:26:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097268-hezbollah-pulled-deeply-syria-civil-war.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday. The intense battle drove rebels from large parts of the town of Qusair, part of a withering government offensive aimed at securing a strategic... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:46:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097268-hezbollah-pulled-deeply-syria-civil-war.html 2013-05-20T19:46:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Kerry will first have discussions with the sultan of Oman. He then goes to Jordan to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:26:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html 2013-05-20T17:26:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the U.S. and Russia could f... Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the capital Damascus, a car bo... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:55:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html 2013-05-18T20:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus s... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html 2013-05-17T20:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on stopping. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized what he called an ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html 2013-05-17T20:31:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. The governor's office in Hatay province said Friday's blast occurred in Tunisma village when the smuggler set the tank on fire after realizing Turkish security forces had rushed to the scene. Hatay is the Turkish border province w... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html 2013-05-17T15:47:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year ago. The young man, who had been providing aid to Syrians displaced by the country's civil war, was never heard ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html 2013-05-17T15:46:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights raised the death toll from the May 3 ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html 2013-05-16T14:57:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090318-turkish-pm-talking-syria-with-obama-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for stepped-up action on Syria as he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House. But the U.S. and Turkey remain far apart on how to handle Syria's bloody civil war. Erdogan is visiting Washington just days after two car bombs in Turkey killed dozens in the deadliest terrori... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:22:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090318-turkish-pm-talking-syria-with-obama-white-house.html 2013-05-16T14:22:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z