Syrian air and land forces have pressed ahead with an intensified campaign against rebel-held pockets around Damascus, as Kurdish fighters in the country's north drove home advances against al-Qaeda-linked groups, monitoring agencies report. The Syrian Observatory...

Tunisia's ruling Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition have failed to reach an agreement on appointing a new prime minister, with both sides pledging to continue negotiations. After an unsuccessful meeting on Saturday morning, the parties sat down behind closed doors again at around...

  State-run media accused the UN-Arab Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi of being double faced . Al Thawra newspaper tilted its editorial yesterday ''Brahimi is one eyed,  many tongued,'' saying that  he wanted to please all parties, when his job as a UN Envoy...

A Swedish imam has smuggled large quantities of weapons to rebels in Syria, a crime punishable by up to four years in prison. Sources told Sveriges Radio (SR) that the Syrian-born man was one of the rebels' key weapons suppliers and that he had been bringing arms into the civil...