Middle East
Homs aid delayed as vehicles hit by mortar fire
Renewed fighting hampered a U.N. relief effort in Syria\’s war-battered city of Homs on Saturday, breaking a three-day humanitarian pause agreed by ...Syria starts evacuating civilians from besieged Homs centre
A convoy of United Nations buses has arrived in the besieged central Syrian city of Homs and started an initial evacuation of ...Israel approves 550 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem
Israel has approved plans for more than 550 new homes in three settlement neighbourhoods of occupied East Jerusalem.Iraq bombings kill more than 30 in Baghdad
Multiple bombs have exploded in Iraq\'s capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding more than 30 others.Syrian air raids kill at least 36 in Aleppo
Syrian government aircraft continued dropping crude barrel bombs Sunday on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo, with a monitoring group ...Israel dismisses Kerry warning on boycotts
Top Israeli officials are warning U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that they will not be bullied into a peace deal with ...Al Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group ISIL
Al-Qaida says it is severing ties with a militant group fighting in Syria, the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq ...US slams Syria for failing to meet chemical weapons commitments
The United States has called on Syria to take immediate action to comply with a UN resolution to remove its chemical weapons ...Egypt ex-President Morsi defiant at jailbreak trial
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protested at his new trial in Cairo from a glass and metal cage, as he faces charges ...Syria agrees to let women, children leave besieged Homs area
U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says Syrian government delegates, at peace talks in Geneva, have agreed to allow women and children to immediately ...




