''Our duty is to protect civilians by all means until topple of Bashar al-Assad where we can build the civil state, '' one of ' Civilians Protection Authority' founders said. Lieutenant Col. Mohammed Bakkour, leader of al-Ansar brigade, has...

''Our duty is to protect civilians by all means until topple of Bashar al-Assad where we can build the civil state, '' one of ' Civilians Protection Authority' founders said. Lieutenant Col. Mohammed Bakkour, leader of al-Ansar brigade, has...
Syria's crisis will only be solved by stamping out "terror", President Bashar al-Assad said, in reference to rebels fighting his regime. In a rare speech on Syrian state television, Assad also dismissed the political opposition to his regime as a "failure" that could play no...
Secretary of State John Kerry has recommended that Robert S. Ford serve as the next American ambassador to Egypt, American officials said Sunday, a critical role at a time of rising turmoil and anti-Americanism in the traditional Arab ally. Mr. Ford, a longtime Middle East hand and fluent...