Conflict
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:05
But Russia's U.N. envoy, Vitaly I Churkin, made clear even before the international crisis over Ukraine that Moscow had no intention of rushing to impose penalties on Syria, its closest Middle East ally.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 08:02
Last month, militia fighters stole a planeload of weapons sent by Russia for Libya’s military when it stopped to refuel at Tripoli International Airport on route to a base in the south.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:45
Because of a widespread view that “they are all bad guys” and “do not deserve this help,” said António Guterres, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, “the victims become double victims — of the conflict and of the perception.”
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:40
In recent months, Syria's so-called "southern front" has become the focus of a reinvigorated U.S.-backed initiative to bolster faltering opposition forces now losing ground in their three-year battle to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:34
Algerian opposition parties have rallied several thousand supporters to call for a boycott of next month's election and to reject President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's run for another term after 15 years in power.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:33
As Syria enters its fourth year of conflict, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the “next steps” for US policy after the failure of the Geneva talks.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:31
Gaza's Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has warned Israel it would pay a "very high price" if it heeded its foreign minister's call to reoccupy the besieged enclave to try to halt rocket attacks.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:30
Turkey’s armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday after it crossed into Turkish airspace in a border region where Syrian rebels have been battling forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:28
With days remaining before the gathering in Kuwait, an unresolved dispute between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has added to the divisive situation in both Syria and the Palestinian territories.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 07:26
Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the army would use force against anybody plotting attacks against the Jewish state, after troops killed three Palestinians in a West Bank raid.