European U.N. Security Council members softened a draft resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protests but Russia suggested on Thursday that it still might not support the new text. The four European members of the council hope
The era of one-man rule in Arab countries is drawing to a close and the change sweeping the region will take hold in Syria soon, a United Nations envoy said. “Syria is in the midst of a profound crisis. I do believe strongly that there will be subs
The Obama administration blamed the Syrian government for an attack on the top U.S. envoy to Syria, saying it was part of an ongoing, orchestrated campaign to intimidate American diplomats in the country. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemn
قال نشطاء سوريون معارضون الخميس إن القتال بين القوات الحكومية والمنشقة عنها في عدة مدن غربي سوريا، أدى إلى مقتل ما لا يقل عن 47 شخصاً يومي الأ
The Iranian attorney for two American hikers released last week said Thursday he was briefly detained by security forces following a raid on his home.
Muammar Qaddafi’s spokesman Mussa Ibrahim was captured on Thursday outside of the former Libyan strongman’s hometown of Sirte, field commanders from the new regime told AFP. “Misrata fighters contacted us and gave us the information t
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, the head of a network of Christian house churches in Iran, could be executed as soon as midnight Wednesday in Tehran for refusing to recant his religious beliefs and convert to Islam, said the chair of a commission that monitors
At least 47 people have been killed across several cities in western Syria during the last two days of fighting between pro- and anti-government forces, an opposition group said Thursday.
السلطات الاردنية تقول إنه سمحت لرئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس بدخول البلاد لزيارة والدته المريضة، وذلك للمرة الثانية منذ تسفيره عام 1999.