Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Syrian troops unleashed some of the civil war's heaviest bombardments on the central city of Homs on Friday, pounding opposition-held areas with artillery and airstrikes for the sixth straight day, activists said to AP....

  The finger of blame which the Turkish government pointed at foreigners for orchestrating anti-government protests that rocked the country now appears to target foreign aid missions helping internally displaced Syrians.  Last week Turkish police raided offices of two...

Obama spoke of U.S. allegiance to 'democratic principles' after Egypt President Mohamed Morsi's ouster, but critics say little effort had been made to foster democracy. The military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Egypt, for decades America's most important Arab ally,...

  Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Syrian troops unleashed some of the civil war's heaviest bombardments on the central city of Homs on Friday, pounding opposition-held areas with artillery and airstrikes for the sixth straight day, activists said.  In...