BEIRUT (Reuters) – The European Union slapped sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad’s powerful mother and wife on Friday, targeting his inner circle in an effort
REPORTING FROM A U.S. AIRCRAFT — An attempted attack Wednesday at a southern Afghanistan air base targeted a top Marine commander and his British deputy
By David Alexander and Rob Taylor WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S. soldier’s massacre of
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Heavily armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels in the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday,
(Reuters) – Suspected insurgents fired on an Afghan government delegation on Tuesday investigating the massacre of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, officials said, hours
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has ended talks with President Bashar al-Assad and left Syria with little sign of
(Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan meets President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to press for a political solution to Syria’s year-long uprising and bloody
(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people