The dead can lie uncollected in Homs until the shooting dies down or darkness screens their recovery. In daytime, sniper fire and bursts from heavy machineguns can make it too dangerous to retrieve the corpses of people shot on the open street. Accou
نفى حلف شمال الأطلسي أن يكون قرر عدم تمديد مهمة التدريب العسكري في العراق بعد العام 2011، كما أكد مسؤول عراقي، إلا أنه أوضح أنه لن يكون بالإمكا
توعد المحتجون في روسيا بالعودة للتظاهر ضد حكم رئيس الوزراء الروسي فلاديمير بوتين وتزوير الانتخابات. في حين أبدى بوتين حذرا حيال عشرات الآلا
NATO will not extend its training mission in Iraq beyond the end of the year because Baghdad would not grant its soldiers immunity from prosecution, Iraq’s national security adviser told AFP on Sunday. “NATO surprised us with this decis
Nearly nine years after the United States threw out Saddam Hussein and dissolved his feared security machine, Iraq’s rebuilt military is a long way from matching up with regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. With little air defense, m
Egypt’s top general, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, walking alone without bodyguards or security, Egyptian newspaper Youm 7 reported. Protesters have been camped out in the flashpoi
Calm returned to Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between an armed brigade and the land forces of the Libyan National Army contesting control over the capital’s airport late Saturday. The clashes left three men from the Libyan army dead and one fighter
The word “civil” has lately been the cause of much controversy in Egypt with liberals demanding that it becomes the designation of the post-revolution state and Islamists rejecting what they see as its anti-religious connotations. For Bassem al-Zarq
Head of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s directorate in Kuwait’s foreign ministry said that it is considering allowing Egypt entry into the Gulf block as it has the most advantage over new candidates Morocco and Jordan. The Kuwaiti daily al-Anba repo