Agence France-Presse
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:34
Lebanon has held a security meeting on Saturday after clashes between militants of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement and members of a Sunni clan that left five people killed in the eastern city of Baalbek.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:26
It was the second time this week that Hezbollah has handed control of its checkpoints to the army, after the military also deployed in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:21
Twelve people, among them children, were killed on Sunday in an air strike on a high school in a city of northern Syria held by the opposition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:15
Iran’s foreign minister accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of peddling lies Sunday over Tehran’s nuclear activities, and defended his country’s “non-negotiable” right to enrich uranium.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:17
Protesters and police clashed in a Bahraini village ahead of a demonstration called to demand the release of a prominent Shiite former MP, the interior ministry and witnesses said Friday.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:13
“The political influence that Qatar has with the opposition has weakened a lot, and Saudi Arabia now has the upper hand in the Syrian dossier,” said a Syrian opposition figure.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:06
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal called on Thursday for enhanced military support to the Syrian opposition to change the balance of power on the ground.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:47
Two bombs exploded one after the other on a busy road in the Yemeni capital on Thursday wounding 20 people, the interior ministry said.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 09:38
New protests broke out in Sudan on Thursday as medical officials said 29 people were killed in three days of rioting sparked by a government decision to scrap fuel subsidies.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:28
Turkish security forces have recaptured all but one of 18 escaped prisoners detained for suspected links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the interior minister said Thursday.