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Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fought rebels near the border with Turkey on Friday, threatening a ceasefire brokered…

BEIRUT - Syrian troops held their fire in the hours after a UN-backed ceasefire took effect at dawn on Thursday,…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed to visiting former Japanese premier Yukio Hatoyama on Sunday that Tehran opposes nuclear weapons, his…

BEIRUT — Syrian troops launched assaults on several towns across the country on Thursday, activists said. The offensives appeared to…

UNITED NATIONS — Kofi Annan asked the UN Security Council to back a 10 April deadline for partial implementation of…

BAGHDAD - Arab foreign ministers met on Wednesday to discuss how to implement a UN-backed peace plan for Syria after…

The government in Damascus has agreed to accept UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point plan on ending the bloodshed in…

JERUSALEM — Israeli cabinet ministers were in an uproar Sunday over the UN Human Rights Council's plan to investigate Israeli…

Syrian peace envoy Kofi Annan heads to Moscow on Saturday to gauge how far Russia is willing to push its…

A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has hit Egypt and threatens to spread throughout North Africa and the Middle…