At least five people have been killed in three bombings in the Egyptian capital, the latest in a series of attacks that have rattled the public and undermined confidence in the interim government. The first and deadliest explosion tore through the security directorate in...

Syrian state media dismissed as "not accurate" a report by news agency Interfax that President Bashar al-Assad told visiting Russian parliamentarians he has no intention of giving up power and the issue is not up for discussion. Assad was quoted as telling the visitors days ahead of...

Lebanon’s army intelligence believes a young man from the north of the country may have detonated himself in a deadly southern Beirut attack, an official in the area said Friday. “The father of young Qutaiba al-Satem has been called in by the army intelligence branch in...

  A large car bomb killed five people and wounded at least 20 in a Hezbollah bastion in south Beirut on Thursday, a health ministry source told AFP. "According to an initial toll, five people have been killed and more than 20 injured," the source said on condition of...