US, RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS MAY MEET SYRIA DELEGATES
By JOHN HEILPRIN Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria’s main political opposition group, gestures as he talks to journalists after a meeting with the Syrian government at…
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SYRIA BEGINS EVACUATING CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN HOMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this video image released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens sit aboard a bus after they evacuated the besieged rebel-held neighborhood of of…
ACTIVISTS: SYRIAN REBELS FREE HUNDREDS FROM PRISON
Associated Press In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp wait to leave the camp, on the southern edge…
JORDANIANS WORRY ABOUT FALLOUT FROM MIDEAST PEACE
By JAMAL HALABY Jordanian lawmakers attend the second day of a heated debate on the U.S. push for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, under the domed parliament chamber…
PAKISTAN TALKS WITH TALIBAN TEAM DELAYED
By MUNIR AHMED Pakistani religious cleric and member of Taliban’s negotiating committee Maulana Sami-ul-Haq arrives for a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. A three-member committee appointed…
ISRAELI PREMIER BRUSHES OFF KERRY BOYCOTT WARNING
By ARON HELLER and MOSHE EDRI Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool) Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s Prime…
FIGHTING REPORTED IN S. SUDAN DESPITE CEASE-FIRE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF Nhail Deng Nhail, 2nd left, the head of South Sudan’s negotiating team, and top negotiator for the rebel’s side, Taban Deng Gai, right, a general in South…
SYRIAN PEACE TALKS STUCK OVER ASSAD’S FUTURE
By MATTHEW LEE and ZEINA KARAM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan.…