Riyadh (dpa) – Two Saudi policemen were injured when gunmen opened fire on their patrol in the mainly Shiite eastern province of Qatif, police said on Friday.
The attack was the third of its kind in two weeks, provincial police spokesman Ziad (...)
Riyadh (dpa) – Saudi authorities on Wednesday denied claims that Israeli hackers had crippled the website of the oil-rich country's capital market, saying the system was operating normally.
Israeli hackers claimed Tuesday to have knocked down (...)
Beirut/Damascus (dpa) – Syria on Tuesday rejected a call from Qatar for an Arab military intervention to protect civilians as the United Nations Security Council prepared to discuss a revised Russian draft resolution to end the violence.
The (...)
Sana'a (dpa) – Militants affiliated with al-Qaeda killed two soldiers and captured 11 amid clashes in southern Yemen, the government-run newspaper 26 September reported online Tuesday.
The clashes first erupted late Saturday as the militants (...)
Cairo (dpa) – A high-ranking official who has defected from the Syrian Defense Ministry, said Thursday that more officials wanted to break away from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but were afraid for the safety of their (...)
Cairo (dpa) – At least 14 civilians were killed Thursday by government forces across Syria, even as Arab monitors were touring more areas in the troubled country, opposition activists said.
The majority of the killings occurred in the dissident (...)
Cairo (dpa) – A Syrian government official on Wednesday called on Arab League observers to show “neutrality and professionalism” while inspecting President Bashar al-Assad's compliance with a peace plan to end his 10-month crackdown on popular (...)
Cairo (dpa) – Syrian opposition activists rejected reports that the military has withdrawn from Syrian cities, showing online videos Tuesday of military vehicles in Syria's flashpoint city of Homs.
On Monday, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said (...)
Tripoli (dpa) – At least 6 people were killed when two groups of former rebel fighters clashed in the center of Libya's capital Tripoli early Tuesday, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported.
Clashes broke out between fighters under the military council (...)
Riyadh (dpa) – The Saudi Interior Ministry announced Monday the names of 23 rioters wanted on charges of carrying out a “foreign agenda” in the kingdom's eastern province.
“For the past few months, rioters possessing firearms from the mainly (...)
Tripoli (dpa) – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki arrived Monday in Libya's capital, Tripoli, for his first official visit abroad since his swearing in late last year.
“This is the first visit from one free country to another free country,” (...)
Baghdad (dpa) – An al-Qaeda-affiliated group claimed responsibility for a wave of bloody attacks across Iraq's capital Baghdad last week, which killed at least 70 people and injured scores of others, Al Sumaria News website reported Tuesday.
The (...)