The United States on Wednesday condemned a cross-border Syrian helicopter gunship attack on an eastern Lebanese town, calling it an "unacceptable provocation which risked dragging Lebanon into war. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms today's helicopter attack by the Syrian...

Turkish riot police using tear gas and water cannon battled protesters for control of Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday night as demonstrators defied Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's demand they clear the area and end 10 days of demonstrations. Police fired volleys of tear gas canisters...

  HERMEL,   Lebanon   — The strategic city of Qusayr in Syria has fallen to the Syrian Army, and the shock waves are still being felt in Lebanon, where increased fighting vividly indicates how Syria's 27-month-old civil war has destabilized the entire region....

    The National Coalition leader, George Sabra has set off  alarm bells, warning of the danger of new massacres in the southern Homs, specifically in the town of Bouweida (20 km) south of the city. Sabra quoted several appeals from the residents of the besieged town...