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Anti-Assad top security official among killed in Beirut blast

Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, who led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former…

14 years ago

Assault on Yemen base blamed on al-Qaeda

Yemeni military officials have blamed al-Qaeda for setting off a bomb during an assault on an army base that killed…

14 years ago

Palestinian push for U.N. upgrade likely to succeed: General Assembly chief

The Palestinians’ push for upgraded status at the United Nations is likely to succeed, the president of the U.N. General…

14 years ago

U.N., Arab League chiefs urge Eid truce in Syria as Brahimi meets Damascus officials

The heads of the Arab League and the United Nations issued a joint call to Syria’s warring parties on Friday…

14 years ago

Syria: FSA to barter with Hezbollah prisoners

There is conflicting information about a prospective prisoner exchange deal between the Free Syrian Army [FSA] and Hezbollah, after the…

14 years ago

Record Chinese Muslims Embark on Hajj

CAIRO – Charging their spiritual batteries, a record number of Chinese Muslim pilgrims are embarking on hajj this year, seeking…

14 years ago

Al Qaeda leader calls for more protests

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said a film made in the United States mocking the Prophet Mohammad showed Washington was…

14 years ago

Israel air strike kills one Palestinian in Gaza: medics

An Israeli air strike killed one Palestinian and wounded two others, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Saturday,…

14 years ago

Syria conflict death toll at least 33,000: NGO

Violence in Syria has killed at least 33,082 people, most of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring…

14 years ago

Syria: FSA kill 60 Hezbollah fighters, retake town

After previously threatening to transfer the conflict from Syria to the southern suburbs of Beirut, Free Syrian Army [FSA] spokesman…

14 years ago