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Al-Qaida in Syria claims car bombings in Homs

BEIRUT (AP) — The main al-Qaida affiliate in Syria has claimed responsibility for the two latest car bombings in a pro-government neighborhood of the central city of Homs that killed at least 10 people. The Nusra Front made the claim in a statement posted Monday on its Twitter...

UN chief calls for Lebanon unity over president

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called on Lebanon's political rivals to end the country's presidential stalemate. A spokesman for Ban said the UN chief "regrets that the Lebanese Parliament was unable to elect a new president within the timeframe set by...

Hezbollah chief warns of foreign fighters in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah warned Sunday that hard-line foreign fighters in Syria posed a global threat as they trickled home, accusing European countries of facilitating their joining the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. Sheik Hassan...

Qaeda in Syria targets army with four suicide bombings

Syria's Al-Qaeda branch staged four suicide bomb attacks on army positions Sunday, leaving dozens of casualties, in a bid to cut off Idlib province from the coast, a monitoring group said. The attacks came a day after the Al-Nusra Front announced the creation of an arms factory....