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…
Middle East
EGYPT’S INTERIM PREMIER SAYS SECURITY A PRIORITY
By TONY G. GABRIEL Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold posters showing victims of a military crackdown on their protest camp during a march in Cairo, Friday, Aug.…
LOW TURNOUT FOR PRO-MORSI RALLIES IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian security forces deploy in Tanta, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, where supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with residents, killing…
TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
SANCTIONS BITING BUT IRAN NOT BUDGING
By MARJORIE OLSTER FILE – In this Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran.…
FRANCE: FORCE AN OPTION IN SYRIA
By ELAINE GANLEY This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens trying…
US INSTITUTE: IRAN ASPHALTS POSSIBLE NUKE SITE
By GEORGE JAHN FILE – This is April 9, 2012 file photo photo provided by the Institute for Science and International Security, ISIS shows suspected cleanup activities at a building…
TERROR LEADER’S GROUP GROWS, VOWS TO AID EGYPTIANS
By AHMED MOHAMED FILE – In this undated file image taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group and made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show terrorist…