A top Burundian general on Wednesday announced the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunziza, following weeks of violent protests against his bid to stand for a third term. The radio broadcast by General Godefroid Niyombare – who was sacked from his position as the central African nation’s...

A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict President Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, according to the findings of an international investigative commission. The prosecution cases against the Syrian leaders focus...

Louay Hussein, leader of Building the Syrian State party, said in leaked tape obtained by Zaman al-Wasl that Syrian revolution is the revolution of varmints and punks, a shocking statement comes a day after he refused to hold a press conference beside the revolution's flag. Hussein,...

While hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Washington and at Camp David this week, President Barack Obama faces a hard sell: assuring the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that the United States has an Iran policy that encompasses their...