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Iraq Increasingly drawn into Syrian Battlefield

 Signs are growing that stretches of Iraq and Syria are morphing into a single battlefield for militants, exacerbating Iraq's slide into renewed deadly chaos a year and a half after U.S. troops pulled out. Iraqi border posts along the Syrian frontier are coming under attack, and Syrian...

Tweet4SyrianChild, campaign by Syrian activists

My name is Ahmed, I was fan of Barcelona football team, before my tragic death in Bayda massacre- Syria 2013. Zaman Alwasl joins the campaign ''Tweet for the Syrian Child' Tweet4SyrianChild .   '' Ahmad Othman was a child who loved FC Barcelona and...

White House defends phone sweep amid uproar

WASHINGTON — The White House insisted Thursday it must use every tool to protect Americans against terrorism, after revelations about a vast spy agency sweep of domestic phone records sparked a political backlash. A civil liberties group branded the program, authorized by a top secret...

Turkey unrest highlights PM, president rivalry

ANKARA — Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul have strongly differing lines on Turkey's mass protests, throwing a spotlight on their growing rivalry ahead of next year's elections when both could potentially run for the presidency, observers say. Ever since the first...