Middle East

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that Syria is an independent and sovereign country and it cannot support any action against it.“Syria is an independent...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has said that he has not yet made a decision regarding a possible US strike against Syria."We have not...

NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council has failed to reach an agreement on a British draft resolution seeking authorization for a military action...

GENEVA: The joint United Nations-Arab League Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday that any international military action against Damacus cannot go ahead...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday pleaded for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict.Speaking in the Great Hall of...

BAGHDAD: At least 58 persons were killed and over 160 injured in a series of car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on...

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have been told to expect military action within days by Western powers and to get...

WASHINGTON: The United States has postponed a meeting with Russian diplomats scheduled to be held this week at The Hague to discuss a political...

MOSCOW: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday dismissed the Western countries claims that his regime used chemical weapons and said that these are an...

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israeli soldiers on Monday killed three Palestinians and injured at least 40 others at the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied...