Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 04:14

"We still have to deepen our investigation, verify and confirm [the findings] through new witness testimony, but according to what we have established so far, it is at the moment opponents of the regime who are using sarin gas."

Turkish doctors say no nerve gas in Syrian victims' blood

Tracey Shelton and Erin CunninghamMay 5, 2013 06:00

REYHANLI, Turkey — Doctors in Turkey say initial tests of the blood of Syrian victims of a suspected chemical weapons attack for sarin gas returned negative.

Pakistan: Karachi bombing targeting MQM office kills 3, injures over 30

Talia RalphMay 4, 2013 15:32

A set of bombings in Karachi targeting the Muttahida Qaumi Movement's office Saturday have left three people dead and over 30 injured.

Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 5 American NATO troops

Talia RalphMay 4, 2013 11:25

A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan Saturday killed five American NATO coalition members.

Daniel R. DePetrisMay 6, 2013 06:13

The second war in Syria is a struggle among Assad’s opponents

Commentary: This battle is smaller, but just as vital to the country’s future.

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Rebels celebrate in a street in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa after capturing the city on March 4, 2013. (MOHAMMAD AL-HUSSEIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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The world may be focused on the big fight in Syria between the rebels and Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but there is a smaller, albeit just as significant, second front going on that much of the region’s leaders seem to have either ignored or forgotten.

Syria: Rebels target airport, 'dozens' of villagers executed by government forces

Talia RalphMay 3, 2013 11:37

Rebels in Syria attacked Damascus International Airport Friday, as reports of government forces' executing "dozens" in a village in north-western Syria surfaced.

Darfur: Tribal fighting leaves over 130 dead

News DeskMay 3, 2013 10:01

A tribal battle in Darfur has left over 130 people dead, according to a leader of the Beni Halba tribe.

American journalist likely held by Syrian government

Peter GellingMay 3, 2013 10:05

BOSTON, Mass. — After a five-month investigation inside Syria and the wider Middle East, GlobalPost and the family of missing American journalist James Foley now believe the Syrian government is holding him in a detention center near Damascus. “With a very high degree of confidence, we now believe that Jim was most likely abducted by a pro-regime militia group and subsequently turned over to Syrian government forces,” GlobalPost CEO and President Philip Balboni said during a speech marking World Press Freedom Day.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Tracing the roots of terror

Dan PeleschukMay 3, 2013 06:01

MOSCOW — As investigators patch together Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s final years, the suspected Boston bomber's trajectory has increasingly begun to mirror that of many of his contemporaries in Russia's volatile, predominantly Muslim North Caucasus.

5 things you didn't know about Guantanamo Bay

Matthew Welch May 1, 2013 16:42

As the ongoing hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay draws attention to the lives of those held at the prison, GlobalPost takes a look at the lesser-known facts of "Gitmo."