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Syria fully cooperative on chemical disarmament: mission head

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

Syria has so far "fully cooperated" in destroying its massive chemical arsenal, the chief of the joint Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and ...

'Forget Hollywood': Germany trains Syria chemical team

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

An explosion rips through a chemical weapons depot. Bleeding victims stumble out of the building and scream for help. Six arms inspectors from the Organisation ...

Syria's civil war foes line up for the next big battle

Oct 21, 2013 (UPI)

The next big battle shaping up in Syria's civil war will be for control of the Qalamoun Mountains in western Syria, a strategic area between Damascus and the Le...

Bill curbing Jerusalem talks sparks Israel cabinet battle

Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's chief peace negotiator Tzipi Livni was on Monday filing an appeal after ministers approved a bill aimed at curbing peace talks on the future of Jerusal...

Sri Lanka raises defence budget despite foreign pressure

Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)

Sri Lanka's government Monday raised defence spending to a record 253 billion rupees ($1.95 billion), despite international pressure to scale down the military ...

No firm date for uncertain Syria peace talks: envoy

Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday no firm date has been set for Syria peace talks, which are in doubt in part because of rifts among the oppositi...

Nobel Peace Laureates arrive in Warsaw for summit

Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)

Polish revolutionary leader Lech Walesa welcomed Nobel Peace Prize winners to Warsaw on Sunday for a three-day summit, 30 years after winning the prize himself....

Syria's chemical arms may be shipped abroad: Kerry

Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)

Syria's chemical weapons stockpile could be shipped out of the country to be safely destroyed elsewhere, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday. The top...

Syria: Al-Qaida group changes shape of civil war

Oct 17, 2013 (UPI)

Al-Qaida's Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, is battling in war-torn Syria to crush rival rebels groups, including fellow Islamists, to ta...

Syria disarmament boss Kaag: idealist on dangerous mission

Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)

The Dutchwoman named Wednesday to head the vast operation to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal is a brilliant organiser and lover of the Middle East set to embar...

Outside View: What next for Syria?

Oct 16, 2013 (UPI)

The Obama administration is on the verge of botching an unprecedented opportunity. Prior to the remarkable joint U.S.-Russian initiative that established a proc...

No chemical sites under our control: Syria opposition

Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)

None of Syria's chemical weapons sites are under rebel control, the key opposition National Coalition said on Tuesday. The assertion came after the head of the ...

Syrians find safety for Eid al-Adha holiday in Iraq

Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)

Shaqlawa Mohammed Rashid sits at the entrance of a white tent in a refugee camp in northern Iraq, reflecting on what will be her first Eid al-Adha holiday outsi...

UN frets over Syria deadlines as treaty takes effect

Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)

The United Nations said Monday "the race is on" to make sure Syria keeps to deadlines to destroy its chemical weapons as a key treaty took effect for Damascus. ...

Army army defuses car bomb in Beirut Hebollah bastion

Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)

The Lebanese army defused a car bomb on Monday in the southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah, the military said in a statement, weeks after it was hit by two b...

No progress as Colombia peace talks end latest round

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's government and the FARC guerrilla group ended another round of negotiations Sunday with mutual recriminations over the lack of progress after 11 mont...

Gunmen kill Libya air force officer in Benghazi: security

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

A Libyan air force officer was killed and another security forces member badly wounded on Sunday in two separate attacks in the eastern city of Benghazi, an off...

Vietnamese bid final farewell to war hero General Giap

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese lined the streets Sunday for the funeral of independence hero General Vo Nguyen Giap who orchestrated the country's stunning...

Hopes high for revival of Cyprus peace talks

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus are set to restart soon as diplomats eye a settlement to an issue that has long poisoned Turkey's attempts to beco...

Israel freezes Gaza supplies after 'terror tunnel'

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

Israel on Sunday froze the shipment of building materials into Gaza after discovering a sophisticated "terror tunnel" into the Jewish state from the Palestinian...