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Russia announces permanent Mediterranian naval presence

Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin ...

UN rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

Missile kills 26 as key Syria battle enters third week

A missile strike near Syria`s biggest city Aleppo killed 26 people and government warplanes pounded Qusayr, a watchdog ...

Lebanon should stay out of Syria conflict

Lebanon should stay out of the Syria conflict and Hezbollah`s involvement is "not helping matters", Lebanese Prime ...

EU ends arms embargo against Syrian rebels

The European Union agreed Monday to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels, but no member state intends to send ...

Two rockets hit southern Beirut district

Two rockets hit a Shi`ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday, residents said, wounding several people, a day ...

Hezbollah chief promises "victory" in Syria conflict

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed "victory" in Syria, where militants of his powerful Lebanese Shiite ...

Syria will `respond immediately` to any Israel strike

Syria threatened on Thursday an immediate response to any new Israeli strike, after two reported attacks on military ...

Syrian conflict`s settlement depends on nine parties

Indonesia believes that the Syrian conflict could only be solved by nine parties and therefore it would send letters ...

UN evacuates some staff from Syrian capital

The United Nations is temporarily evacuating half of its international staff from Syria due to worsening security ...

New wave of kidnappings hit Lebanon

A wave of tit-for-tat sectarian kidnappings took place in a sensitive area of northeast Lebanon on Sunday, a security ...

Chemical weapon use would be "outrageous"

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "remains convinced that the use of chemical weapons by any party (in Syria) under any ...

White house says "no evidence" of chemical weapons use by Syrian rebels

The White House said on Tuesday that "no evidence" shows that the Syrian rebels have used chemical weapons in their ...

Dozens of leaders to Chavez funeral, from Cuba to Iran

Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on ...

129 Indonesians repatrated from Syria

About 129 Indonesians are being repatriated from Syria amid rising tension happening in the country, a press statement ...