Heavily armed Lebanese security forces deployed across the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday as forensic experts sifted through the rubble from twin car bombs that killed at least 47 people the day before. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni...

      Lebanese officials condemned the explosions outside two mosques in the northern city of Tripoli Friday, saying they were aiming to incite strife in the country.   President Michel Sleiman denounced the explosions in Tripoli describing...

A Cairo criminal court ordered Egypt’s long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak freed from prison on bail yesterday, starkly illustrating the Egyptian military junta’s counterrevolutionary agenda. While the court said it would hold Mubarak for 48 hours to let the prosecution appeal the verdict,...

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused  Israel  on Tuesday of having a hand in the Egyptian military's overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi, making comments likely to further undermine efforts to restore Ankara's strained ties with Israel. Erdogan, who has become one...