Lebanese militant leader Samir Qantar was killed in an Israeli strike that hit a building in the Damascus district of Jaramana in the early hours on Sunday, the Lebanese Hezbollah group and Syrian government loyalists said.
The powerful Lebanese (...)
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The collapse of a deal between Syria's two main opposition factions shows that voices calling for foreign intervention to topple President Bashar Al-Assad have gained the upper hand over those opposing it.
But the quick unravelling of (...)
FOR years, the Shiite political parties running Iraq have balanced the interests of their new allies in Washington with those of their old friends in Tehran.
Now, with a vote due on a final draft agreed with the United States on a security pact (...)
IRAQ's provincial elections will be the battleground for a fierce power struggle among sectarian and ethnic parties that could redraw the country's political map.
Iraqi officials predict violence will spike ahead of the October elections, which (...)
