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The killings of more than 100 Syrian civilians, including nearly 50 children, provoked outrage around Syria and worldwide as horrific images of the bodies in Houla spread across the internet.
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood may seek to modify, but will not destroy, Egypt's 33-year-old peace treaty with Israel, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Saturday. Carter, 87, was speaking after initial vote tallies put the Brotherhood's candidate ahead in the first round of Egypt's presidential election, which his Carter Center helped monitor. The U.S. ...
World outrage grew Saturday as details emerged about an attack in the Syrian village of Houla, which left more than 90 people dead, including nearly three dozen children, according to the United Nations.
Members of the rebel Free Syrian Army say the U.N.-backed peace plan is "dead," with some vowing to retaliate against government forces after a gruesome massacre left more than 85 people dead in one town.
Two distinctive Egyptian presidential candidates, one representing resurgent Islamists and the other a weathered veteran of the country's old guard, have begun maneuvering for wider political support ahead of an expected runoff next month.
Rebel leaders vowed revenge Saturday for the deaths of nearly 100 Syrian villagers, including 32 children younger than 10, who the rebels say were killed by regime forces.
TEHRAN, May 28, 2012 (AFP) -Iran on Monday condemned killings in the Syrian town of Houla, blaming them on "terrorist actions" rather than its Damascus ally and calling for the perpetrators to be punished.
The influx of migrants has triggered a sometimes violent backlash in the country. Prime Minister Netanyahu says their presence 'threatens Israel's social fabric.' TEL AVIV — The first Molotov cocktail ignited a backyard fence, just a couple of feet from where three Eritrean refugees were sleeping outdoors on makeshift beds of wood planks atop old TV sets. One man burned his arm trying to ...
If Russia has not been moved by all the killing going on in Syria (' Syria's massacre of the innocents' the Australian 28/5) and continues to block UN action on Syria then no one should be too surprised by the Russian stance. Afterall in their own ...
What is New in the Israel/Palestine Conflict By Richard Falk http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/what-is-new-in-the-israelpalestine-conflict/
A political analyst says the United States policies towards Iran, including Washington’s approach regarding the Iranian nuclear energy program, are precisely dictated by the US-based Zionist lobby of Israel.
The killings of more than 100 Syrian civilians, including nearly 50 children, provoked outrage around Syria and worldwide Sunday as horrific images of the bodies in Houla spread across the internet.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi seems to be leading in the first round of the first popular presidential elections in Egypt since the toppling of former dictatorship Hosni Mubarak.
Israeli Prime Minister, who has thus far refrained from commenting on situation in Syria, calls on international community to take action in light of 'the continuous slaughter of innocent civilians.'
Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people - including women and children - in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas.
A contest between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik would decide whether the nation is to be ruled by political Islamists or the secularists who defined Mubarak's police state. CAIRO — Egypt's two most polarizing presidential candidates appeared headed for a runoff election next month that will decide whether the nation will be ruled by an ascendant political Islam or return to the secularist ...
In April of 1993, President Bill Clinton and Elie Wiesel presided over the dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington, D.C. Wiesel spoke first. He asked, “What have we learned?,” then went on to say, “Mr. President, I cannot not tell you something. I have been . . .
Iran’s nuclear chief said the country would not halt its production of higher-grade uranium, suggesting that the Iranian government was veering back to a much harder line.
Every Friday since late 2010, small groups of protesters have been gathering across Jordan to air complaints about basic things like rising prices and high unemployment in the kingdom. Fearing a full-scale uprising similar to the one that has gripped neighboring Syria, King Abdullah II early on began promising fundamental reforms. But the protests have begun to escalate, and some analysts fear ...
The growing wave of lawlessness sweeping the Sinai Peninsula has put Israel on edge, with the Jewish state hoping Egypt's new government will ensure a swift crackdown -- whatever the outcome of the presidential elections.
High-ranking Hezbollah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouk says that the resistance party has never fought and will never fight in Syria, and that its job is to protect Lebanon.
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