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Syrian government troops stormed an area of Damascus populated by Palestinian refugees on Saturday after a four-day artillery assault on…

WASHINGTON — The United States welcomed Thursday a decision by UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy to…

  Arab League head Nabil al-Araby met with a delegation from the Syrian opposition on Monday to discuss the ongoing…

  UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has spoken to the Algerian diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi, who agreed to replace Kofi Annan…

Syrian government forces and allied Shabbiha militia have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and torture in…

DAMASCUS — Syrian state-run TV says a bomb has exploded near a fuel truck outside a hotel where UN observers…

ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the…

The United Nations said Friday that 25,000 people have been displaced in Sudan's Darfur region after unrest that began 10…

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, frustrated by "finger-pointing" at the United…