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US: Syria conflict a threat to homeland

The civil war in Syria has become a matter of U.S. homeland security over concerns about a small number of Americans who have gone to fight with Syrian rebels and returned home, new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday. Johnson said he and other law enforcement and...

Is Syria now a direct threat to the U.S.?

  Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not - that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria. Peace talks are at a virtual standstill. An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad has missed two deadlines...

Two explosions rock Giza district near Cairo

Two explosions have been heard in the space of two minutes in a busy district near Egypt's capital. Al Jazeera sources, quoting the security directorate, said the two blasts occurred in Giza and went off on Giza Bridge near where Central Security Forces vehicles were parked....

Cash boost for Syrian rebels to pressure Assad

The United States has increased direct funding to rebel groups fighting in Damascus and southern Syria, ramping up pressure on president Bashar Al Assad after negotiations in Geneva ended in deadlock. Last week, as the Syrian regime   delegation in...