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May 19, 2013
11:45 am
Assad's army has taken control of the rebel stronghold of Qusayr, a town on the Lebanese border that gives Syrian forces access to the coast from Damascus.
May 19, 2013
8:58 am
Iran hanged two men, Mohammad Heydari and Kourosh Ahmadi, convicted of spying for Israel and the United States, Iran's state-run Press TV reported.
May 18, 2013
4:50 pm
Gunmen in Syria kidnapped the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, a leading voice in Assad's regime.
May 18, 2013
3:51 pm
US says Yemen home to jihadist network’s most dangerous branch, AL-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
May 18, 2013
10:06 am
Area near Ramadi is one of the main centers of the Sunni protest movement in Iraq.
May 18, 2013
8:58 am
Commentary: Iran’s participation would increase confidence in its nuclear intentions.
May 17, 2013
4:00 pm
Twin explosions outside Sunni Mosque near Baghdad kill more than 40 as a blast hits a funeral procession.
May 17, 2013
1:48 pm
Ultra-orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem against military draft.
May 17, 2013
12:55 pm
Moscow's delivery of advanced missiles to Syria raises the stakes in its bid to block international intervention.
May 17, 2013
12:22 pm
Protesters, police trade stones and flash grendades as about a dozen injured during ultra-Orthodox protest against military service.
May 17, 2013
10:30 am
More than 1.5 million refugees have fled Syria, the UN's refugee agency said Friday, noting that the real number could be much higher.
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