Afraid of war spilling across the border from neighboring Syria, Lebanon's government has halted cannabis eradication in the Bekaa Valley, allowing a dope-for-guns pipeline to flourish.
"Anti-war" voices in the West have called for International Criminal Court action in Syria as a substitute for military intervention. Will they protest now that Moscow has blocked it?
Contrary to regime propaganda, the fall of Homs to government forces comes amid rebel gains elsewhere in Syria. With the jihadists in disarray, the FSA prepares to open a new front.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced that it will begin a fact-finding mission into allegations of the use of chlorine gas in Syria.
An Egyptian judge sentenced 683 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death, including the group's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie.
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi appeared for his trial via video conferencing, as he continues to be held in Zintan by a militia—in violation of international legal norms.
The Berber "provisional government" in the eastern mountains of Kabylie has joined calls by Algeria's opposition for a boycott of this week's presidential election.
The United States and Turkey have said they are following up on renewed accusations that the Syrian regime continues to use chemical weapons against civilians.
An Egyptian appeals court upheld the jailing of three men who co-founded the "April 6" opposition movement that played a large role in the country's 2011 revolution.
Russia is boosting military aid to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, just as the US has finally broken off diplomatic relations with Damascus—signalling a deepening proxy war.
The death toll in the three-year Syrian conflict has exceeded 150,000, according to a new count by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) announced that a ceasefire was reached in Syria's besieged Yarmouk refugee camp.
