Conflict
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:49
IIsraeli Air Force jets conducted mock air strikes over southern Lebanon on Wednesday and Thursday, Lebanese media and a government agency said on Thursday.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:37
Iran, Syria’s main regional ally, does not see President Bashar al-Assad staying in power indefinitely but neither does it want “extremist forces” to replace him, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:36
Syria is charging in a letter to the United Nations that opposition groups are planning a toxic gas attack in a rebel-held area near Damascus so they can then blame it on government security forces.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:27
"The influx of a million refugees would be massive in any country. For Lebanon, a small nation beset by internal difficulties, the impact is staggering," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:30
As the post-Soviet sovereign states grow more confident, each sends more border guards into the Fergana valley.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:19
The head of Syria’s main opposition group Ahmad Jarba made a rare trip to Latakia province on Tuesday, amid a rebel offensive against the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:17
The congressional debate over how to beef up US humanitarian aid to Syria is also revealing congressional frustration about the Obama administration's dealing with Congress on Syria and its inability to bring the war to an end.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:07
Bahrain's influential Shiite opposition bloc Al-Wefaq and a more radical group have called separate rallies for Friday to protest the weekend staging of the Formula One Grand Prix in Manama.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 07:11
Dozens of South Sudanese men chanted war songs, blew whistles and brandished AK-47 rifles with a longing for ethnic revenge.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 07:05
Of the 379,000 people affected by conflict in the ten North Darfur localities, more than 265,000 are under 18, and about 66,000 of them are under five.