Syria
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Rebel victory could destabilise Middle East for years - Assad
- Middle East
- April 6, 2013, 13:48
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has warned that if rebel forces battling to overthrow him take power in Syria they could destabilise the Middl(...)

UN issues stark warning over lack of funding for Syrian refugees in Jordan
- Middle East
- April 5, 2013, 22:28
The United Nations has given its starkest warning yet that it will soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jo(...)

March bloodiest month yet in Syria
- UK
- April 2, 2013, 15:25
March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s two-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist (...)

Suicide bomber targets police in Tikrit attack
- Middle East
- April 1, 2013, 13:05
A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker packed with explosives into a local Iraqi government compound today, killing at least nine people, mostly poli(...)

Pope Francis appeals for peace in first Urbi et Orbi blessing
- Europe
- March 31, 2013, 22:35
Pope Francis rounded off an intense week of Easter celebrations when bestowing his first Urbi et Orbi (...)

Pope appeals for end to Syrian war in Easter message
- World
- March 31, 2013, 11:45
Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Ko(...)

Putin projects Russia’s naval power with surprise Black Sea exercises
- Europe
- March 30, 2013, 06:00
Russian president Vladimir Putin has inspected major naval exercises in the Black Sea that have alarmed some of Russia’s neigh(...)

Syrian opposition opens embassy in Qatar and claims world powers are not helping
- Middle East
- March 27, 2013, 19:54
A Syrian opposition bloc recognised by the Arab League as the sole representative for Syria opened its first embassy in Qatar yesterday in a di(...)

Syrian opposition leader Alkhatib resigns
- Middle East
- March 24, 2013, 16:04
The head of Syria's main opposition group resigned today, in a blow to a diminishing moderate wing of the two-year uprising against President B(...)

US Secretary of State makes unannounced Iraq visit
- World
- March 24, 2013, 10:01
US Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq today where a senior US official said he would urge prime minister Nuri al-(...)