Syria's Prime Minister Survives Car Bomb Attack

State-run Syrian TV says the country's Prime Minister has escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb went off near his convoy. The ...

UN Running Out Of Syria Refugee Funds

The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refu...

Conflict In Syria Creates Wave Of British Jihadists

The bloody uprising against Bashar al-Assad is creating a new wave of jihadists in Britain, with Syria now the main destination for mi...

Israel will Regret Syria Aggression Warns Iran

Israel will regret its latest "aggression against Syria", according to Saeed Jalili, Tehran's security chief. Speaking...

Syria Throws Kill Switch On Internet

Opposition activists and monitoring firms say Syria has cut internet and phone services for the first time since the civil war started mo...

Israel drawn Into Syria fighting

Israel was drawn into the Syrian civil war for the first time on Sunday, firing warning shots into the neighbouring country after a stray...

US report: Israel-US discussing joint Iran attack

Israel and the US are considering a joint surgical strike targeting Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, according to a report in Forei...

Video shows U.S. journalist held in Syria

An American freelance journalist who has been missing in Syria since mid-August has been shown in a video clip posted online, blindfolded...

David Cameron braves David Letterman's US chat show – and leaves red-faced

David Cameron has become the first serving British prime minister to appear on popular US chat show the Late Show with David Letterman. ...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for new world order

A new world order needs to emerge, away from years of American bullying and domination, according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian ...

Countries with worst human rights record according to UN...Syria, Bahrain and FRANCE

  France has come under fire from the United Nations' human rights commisssioner over its treatment of Roma gipsies. While criticisin...

Hillary Clinton in Turkey Wants Quick End to Syrian Conflict

As she had been telling reporters throughout the week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came through on her promise Saturday to discus...

Turkey's army gathers on Syria border

Bashar al-Assad was left facing the biggest test of the 15-month uprising against his rule on Thursday night as the Turkish army bega...

Russia and Iran Accuse the United States of Arming Syrian Rebels

Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, told reporters that it was the United States an...