UN ENVOY: SYRIA ‘SUBSTANCE’ MAY HAVE KILLED 1,000
By JOHN HEILPRIN The UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks on developments related to Syria during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations…
International relations
TUNISIA CALLS CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC GROUP TERRORIST
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses reporters during a press conference held in Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday Aug. 27, 2013. Ali Larayedh said that the salafist group…
WESTERN LEADERS MULL MILITARY RESPONSE IN SYRIA
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Remy…
RUSSIA: NO PROOF SYRIA GOVT BEHIND CHEMICAL STRIKE
By The Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western nations calling…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
PALESTINIANS CALL OFF ROUND OF TALKS AFTER CLASH
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Palestinian mourners grieve while waiting for the funeral procession outside the morgue of the main hospital in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013.…
SYRIA WARNS US NOT TO INTERVENE MILITARILY
By BASSEM MROUE and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated…
SYRIA ACC– USES REBELS OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By ALBERT AJI Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, in Cairo, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. President Bashar Assad’s forces pressed on…