Political infighting threatened to stall Egypt's transition plans on Thursday, as the military cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood leaders it blames for inciting a clash in Cairo in which troops shot and killed 53 protesters. Monday's violence between supporters of ousted President...

 Assad's regime committed a new crime against detainees by unknown number of Field executions in the Intelligence branches, activists said. More than 300 women and girls are detained in Palestine Branch of Military Intelligence, practiced the worst forms of torture....

Syrian intelligence had killed a poet and dentist, Eyad Shaheen, under torture, two days after his arrest, Syrian activists said, The activists circulated that Shaheen was arrested on Monday according to his political views against the Assad regime. As the habit, phone call...

The United States has revoked the visa of a top Syrian diplomat who tried to enter the country to take up a post at the war-torn country's embassy, a US official said Wednesday.   Ali Daghman was stopped from entering the US when he arrived Tuesday at Dulles airport in Washington,...