Syrian National Coalition appeals to UN and West to protect civilians in rebel-held areas being shelled by Assad forces. Syria's main opposition bloc has urged the international community to take action to protect civilians in the embattled city of Homs. The Syrian National...

Egypt  is braced for further dramatic events on Friday as the vanquished Muslim Brotherhood  called for a "day of rejection" following a widespread crackdown on its leadership by the country's new interim president, Adly Mansour. Supporters of the ousted president ...

      Syrian National Coalition will adopt the principle of interoperability, rather than elections in coalition, according the prominent Coalition member, Abdul Baset Saida said in an interview with "Zaman Alwasl . The coalition met on Thursday under...

  Canada will accept as many as 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2014, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Wednesday in Edmonton.   But the government is relying on private sponsors for the vast majority of those cases.   The federal...