The body of a British doctor whose death in a Syrian jail was announced this week will be transported to Britain's embassy in Beirut, Syria's deputy foreign minister told AFP Thursday. "At the family's request, the Syrian authorities and International Committee of the Red Cross are...
Egypt's public prosecutor charged former President Mohamed Mursi and 35 other top Islamists on Wednesday with conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, in a case that could result in their execution. Declaring it "the biggest case of conspiracy in the history of...
Syrian warplanes pounded the northern Aleppo province for a fifth consecutive day on Thursday targeting its rebel-held villages, activists reported. At least 10 people were killed in the latest attacks, among them are four women and two children, the Syrian...
Iran and Russia have used their influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to get visas for U.N. aid workers and improve access for convoys in Syria , but much remains to be done, senior European officials told Reuters on Thursday. U.S....
