MOMENTUM WEAKENED FOR ASSAD’S OUSTER IN SYRIA
By LARA JAKES In this March 21, 2013 photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation…
Middle East
REBELS SEIZE AIR DEFENSE BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA
By ZEINA KARAM In this undated photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric known to all Syrians as a religious…
PAKISTAN’S MUSHARRAF VOWS RETURN DESPITE RISKS
By JAMIL KHAN Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf attends a ceremony to celebrate Pakistan National Day ahead his trip to Karachi on Sunday, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March…
LEBANESE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PREMIER’S RESIGNATION
By ZEINA KARAM Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, center, leaves after he announced his resignation, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon’s prime minister has…
KEY US DECISION ON CUBA TERROR-DESIGNATION COMING
By PAUL HAVEN Miniature flags representing Cuba and the U.S. are displayed on the dash of an American classic car in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 22, 2013. U.S. Secretary of…
LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AMID INFIGHTING
By BEN HUBBARD Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon’s prime minister has resigned due to an…
LEBANON’S HEZBOLLAH CONDEMNS OBAMA
US President Barack Obama, center, signs the guest book during his visit to the Children’s Memorial at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, Friday, March 22, 2013. Standing…
TURKEY, DUTCH LEADERS SPAR OVER BOY’S FOSTER CASE
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are seen at the start of a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March…