The United States on Tuesday formally notified the Syrian government that it must suspend operations at its embassy here and at its two consulates in Michigan and Texas, the State Department said. The move stops short of a formal break of relations, but it bars Syria...

 The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday called Egypt's curbs on movement through its crossing with the Gaza Strip a "crime against humanity", in an unprecedented rebuke of its Arab neighbor that further frays their worsening ties. The closures, that  Egypt...

 A roadside bomb wounded four Israeli soldiers patrolling the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, and  Israel retaliated with artillery fire on Syrian army positions, the army said. It was not clear who had planted the bomb in an area where the Syrian military, Lebanese...

 Deputy head of the National Party for the justice and constitution, WAAD (en:promise) denied claims saying that Syria's Muslim Brotherhood movement stands behind the party formation.  Nabil Kassis  accused media of their attempts to show the party, ...