Obama spoke of U.S. allegiance to 'democratic principles' after Egypt President Mohamed Morsi's ouster, but critics say little effort had been made to foster democracy. The military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Egypt, for decades America's most important Arab ally,...

  Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Syrian troops unleashed some of the civil war's heaviest bombardments on the central city of Homs on Friday, pounding opposition-held areas with artillery and airstrikes for the sixth straight day, activists said.  In...

       National coalition stated today about leaked information about sexual abuse by Security Intelligence against female detainees in Damascus Central Prison of Adra.   National Coalition condemned the barbaric sexual abuse by elements of the Air Force...

Syria's embattled president on Wednesday praised Egypt's protests against their leader and said his overthrow by the military means the end of "political Islam." President Bashar Assad, who is seeking to crush a revolt against his own rule, said Egyptians have discovered the "lies" of the...