Rebels in the Syrian city of Hama have claimed that they are gradually making gains against the Syrian army, Al Jazeera's correspondent Jamal Elshayyal reports. Opposition fighters said they have been able to advance on government-held positions after receiving...

The evacuation of civilians from Syria's Homs city has halted, with no new efforts to extend a truce and the governor saying Sunday "armed groups" prevented operations a day earlier. In a statement, Talal Barazi said "the evacuation of civilians was not carried...

Lawyers for deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi withdrew in protest after he appeared in court on Sunday on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in  Egypt . Mursi's legal team protested they could not hear their client speak from inside a...

Rebels detonated mines in tunnels under a hotel used by the army in northern Syria's Aleppo on Friday, killing at least five soldiers, a monitoring group said. "Islamist rebels dug several tunnels under and around the Carlton hotel in Aleppo's Old City, where government...