syria
Sunni insurgents close in on Iraq’s biggest oil refinery
World
June 11, 2014
Sunni insurgents close in on Iraq’s biggest oil refinery
Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group closed in on Iraq's biggest oil refinery on Wednesday after seizing the…
Assad declared landslide victor in wartime Syrian election
World
June 5, 2014
Assad declared landslide victor in wartime Syrian election
President Bashar al-Assad has secured a landslide victory in a wartime election that was condemned as a sham by his…
Syrian rebel rocket fire kills 50 in Aleppo: monitoring group
World
June 2, 2014
Syrian rebel rocket fire kills 50 in Aleppo: monitoring group
Syrian rebel rocket fire on government-controlled areas of Aleppo killed 50 people over the weekend, a monitoring group said on…
Syrians stream to embassies to vote in controversial poll
World
May 28, 2014
Syrians stream to embassies to vote in controversial poll
Thousands of Syrians, filling the streets around their embassy in Beirut, turned out to vote Wednesday in Syria's controversial presidential…
Chemical weapons team in Syria attacked but safe: OPCW
World
May 27, 2014
Chemical weapons team in Syria attacked but safe: OPCW
A team of international experts investigating the alleged use of chlorine bombs in Syria came under attack on Tuesday but…
Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over critical comments
World
May 26, 2014
Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over critical comments
US ally Jordan said on Monday it was expelling the Syrian ambassador and giving him 24 hours to leave after…
NGO: Syria war toll over 162,000
World
May 19, 2014
NGO: Syria war toll over 162,000
More than 162,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict broke out in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory…
Video: Massive tunnel bomb hits Syrian army base
World
May 15, 2014
Video: Massive tunnel bomb hits Syrian army base
Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of meters (yards)…
Kerry heads for Syria talks just as UN envoy quits
World
May 14, 2014
Kerry heads for Syria talks just as UN envoy quits
US Secretary of State John Kerry left Wednesday for a whirlwind day of diplomacy focused on the conflict in Syria…
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara: We stand against terrorist violence in Egypt
Egypt
May 14, 2014
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara: We stand against terrorist violence in Egypt
US Ambassador to Ankara Francis Ricciardone said his country is against violence by terrorists in Egypt.