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Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market in Aleppo on Saturday as fighting between rebels and ...

Mount Gamalama in North Maluku province erupted at 01.22 p.m. and 02.15 p.m. on Sunday, the National Disaster ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Western and Arab governments on Thursday to review their policy on war-torn ...

The Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday got off to a bloody start in Syria, with at least 84 people dying across the country, ...

The United Nations called an end to its observer mission in Syria on Thursday, while activists reported more ...

Muslim-majority countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Mecca, Saudi ...

More than 20,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of an anti-regime revolt in March 2011, the Syrian ...

Hong Kong raised its highest tropical cyclone warning on Tuesday as an intensifying severe typhoon edged closer ...

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country`s ...

Russia -- which is pushing for a conference on the Syria crisis to include Iran, despite US protests -- said Saturday ...

At least 55 people, mostly from the same family, have been killed in a new massacre in Syria, the head of a watchdog ...

Syrian troops clashed on Tuesday with armed rebels in a number of areas across the country, a day after a rebels' ...

Syrian troops and rebels clashed on Sunday in the countryside of Damascus province and near the northern city of ...

A total of 98 people, including 61 civilians, were killed in violence in Syria on Tuesday, as clashes raged between ...

Turkish commandos have arrested 14 pirates thought to be from Somalia off the coast of Oman and freed seven Yemeni ...