A Syrian rebel commander, who fought alongside al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and was close to its current chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed by a suicide attack in Aleppo, intensifying in-fighting between rival armed groups. The killing of Abu Khaled al-Suri on Sunday in a suicide...

Lebanon's army says it is "paying the price in blood" in the fight against "terrorism", after a suicide car bombing killed two soldiers and a civilian. Shiite movement Hezbollah also condemned Saturday's attack, calling the perpetrators "the enemy of all the Lebanese". Both...

These are bandits' - More from Yanukovych: "Everything happening today can primarily be described as vandalism, banditry and a coup d'etat. That is my assessment." "This is not an opposition," Yanukovych added. "These are bandits." 14:43 GMT - Army says will play no role - More from...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, will run for a fourth term in an election in April, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Saturday. The 76-year-old leader, who has ruled the North African nation since 1999, has not yet announced his own...