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Saudi plans pan-opposition meet on Syria after Assad

Saudi Arabia wants to bring together the many branches of the war-torn country's armed and political opposition to discuss what to do after the regime's downfall, opposition sources said Thursday. The Sunni-ruled kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a main backer of forces fighting to topple Syria's...

Yemen’s U.N. letter calls for ground intervention

As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought to secure a pause in Yemen’s war, Yemen sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, urging the international community “to quickly intervene by land forces to save” the country, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz....

Banned in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood members trickle home

 Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood have returned from exile, hoping to rebuild a movement which was crushed decades ago at home and is deemed a terrorist organization by leading Arab states. Membership of the Brotherhood remains punishable by death in Syria more than 30...

Palestinian gunmen killed in Egypt's Sinai

The Egyptian military Wednesday shot dead three Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated through a smuggling tunnel in the Sinai town of Rafah on the border with Gaza, security officials said. They said the "armed Palestinians" and the military clashed in a buffer zone established along the border....