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Amman -- Security forces have moved into central Syria and coastal areas before Friday prayers in a test of will…

Algiers -- NATO air strikes destroyed at least two helicopters near the Libyan town of Zintan as government forces transported…

Cairo -- A summit of Arab leaders has been postponed by a year to March 2012 because of turmoil in…

Gaza City -- Awaiting official endorsement by Fatah and Hamas leaders of the recently-struck Palestinian reconciliation deal, droves of Palestinians…

Beirut -- The Syrian army began a gradual withdrawal Thursday from a southern city at the heart of the uprising…

Rome -- Ministers from the NATO-backed coalition against Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi meet in Rome on Thursday seeking ways to…

Baghdad -- A suicide car bomber crashed his vehicle into a barrier outside a police building in central Iraq on…

Sanaa -- An explosion on Wednesday ripped through a Yemeni military vehicle in the south, killing five soldiers, while another…

Tunis -- Tunisia’s toppled dictator and his wife are facing charges of inciting violence in connection with a bloody crackdown…

Johannesburg -- Renewed fighting in Sudan's most contested border region and in a strategic oil-rich state has left at least…