Pope Benedict XVI has engaged the Catholic Church in pushing for peace in Syria by dispatching a high-profile delegation to a country where Christians are divided on support for the rebels. Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, the p
A Danish ex-biker and Muslim convert claims he was paid $250,000 by the CIA in exchange for recruiting a European bride as part of an intricate plot to kill al-Qaeda member, Anwar al-Awlaki, the Telegraph reported. The Danish man, Morten Storm, acted as
بدأ الصحافيون التونسيون إضراباً عاماً، يشمل جميع المؤسسات الإعلامية اليوم الأربعاء احتجاجاً على تعطل المفاوضات مع الحكومة المؤقتة فيما يت
The number of Syrian refugees housed in camps in southern Turkey has risen to 101, 834, the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD) said on Wednesday (October 16), in a written statement posted on its website. The number of refugees reached a level be
قصفت قوات النظام السوري اليوم مدينة القصير في حمص ومواقع أخرى في حلب وريف دمشق اللاذقية وإدلب،في حين سقط 19 قتيلا برصاص الجيش النظامي، بعد مق
French investigators probing the death of Yasser Arafat questioned his widow Suha, who claims the veteran Palestinian leader may have been poisoned, in France in mid-September, a source told AFP Wednesday. France opened a murder enquiry in
تفاوتت المواقف داخل الجيش السوري الحر من اقتراح المبعوث الدولي العربي المشترك إلى سوريا الأخضر الإبراهيمي، القاضي بوقف إطلاق النار خلال عي
Yemen’s interim president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, has won U.S. praise for cooperating in a war on al-Qaeda, but his recent public support for drone strikes that sometimes kill civilians could undermine his domestic popularity and stir sympathy for mil
An Israeli court forces the release of government research detailing the number of calories Palestinians in Gaza needed to consume to avoid malnutrition during Israel’s blockade.
محكمة إسرائيلية تأمر بإعلان نتائج دراسة ، أجرتها وزارة الدفاع ، تكشف عن آثار حصار غزة على صحة الفلسطينيين، وتصف الحصار بأنه عقاب جماعي.
Syrian forces on Wednesday bombarded opposition belts in the country’s battle-scarred north, as both sides indicated they are ready to explore a truce proposal floated by peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Warplanes targeted a rebel blockade of