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DUBAI - Saudi Arabia began supplying anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian opposition "on a small scale" about two months ago, a source from the Gulf familiar with the matter said on Monday.
The shoulder-fired weapons were obtained mostly...
President Barack Obama will seek the help on Monday of Russia's Vladimir Putin, Syria's most powerful ally, to bring Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table and end a two-year civil war.
At their first private face-to-face meeting in a year...
Sporadic clashes between police and protesters flared up in Istanbul overnight after a weekend in which Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan sought to steal back the agenda, rallying his supporters and expelling demonstrators from an Istanbul park.
Two...
North Korea on Sunday offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, but the White House said that any talks must involve Pyongyang taking action to show it is moving toward scrapping its nuclear...
Iranian voters weary of years of economic isolation and tightening political restrictions threw down a blunt demand for change on Saturday by handing a moderate cleric a landslide victory in a presidential election.
Having waited throughout Friday...
At least 27 people died in attacks targeting mainly Shia Muslims across Iraq on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a return to full-blown sectarian war.
More than 1,000 people were killed in militant attacks in Iraq in...
Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani took a solid lead over conservative rivals on Saturday in preliminary vote counting in Iran's presidential election in what could be the makings of a surprise victory over favoured hardliners.
The outcome is...
Egypt's government is in the late stages of verifying its economic reform programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before obtaining a $4.8 billion IMF loan, its central bank governor said on Saturday.
The loan, needed to help...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for a large turnout in presidential elections on Friday, and said he did not "give a damn" about US suggestions that the ballot was unfair.
"What is important is that everyone...
A plan by Egypt's Islamist-led government to develop the land along the Suez Canal faces fierce opposition in districts that have been flashpoints for violence before, and may even threaten traffic on the strategic waterway.
Officials say a...
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