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Syrian troops pursue crackdown in Deraa, Homs
Mar 03, 2012 06:46 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces flooded the city of Deraa on Monday after overnight clashes there and pursued "clean-up" operations in Homs, where the Red Cross was still struggling to gain access to a former rebel bastion.
Syrian troops pursue crackdown, Annan to visit
Mar 03, 2012 06:46 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces spread across the city of Deraa on Monday after overnight clashes there and pursued "clean-up" operations in Homs, where the Red Cross was still seeking access to a former rebel bastion.
Syria extends crackdown, refugees flee
Mar 03, 2012 06:46 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's military pursued a crackdown on rebels on several fronts on Monday, days after eliminating an opposition bastion in the central city of Homs following a 26-day siege, activists said.
Iran's hardliners face off in parliamentary election
Mar 02, 2012 02:04 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election expected to reinforce the power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's clerical establishment over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Analysis: Somali reform rush may be militant lifeline
Feb 28, 2012 09:22 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Weakened on the battlefield, Somalia's al Shabaab militants may yet survive, and even prosper from, a reinvigorated Western and African push to rebuild arguably the world's most deeply war-damaged nation.
Insight: As government-in-waiting, Egypt's Brotherhood finds voice
Feb 26, 2012 05:48 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - At the end of January, a guest speaker drew an unusually large audience of diplomats to the 33rd floor auditorium at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo. For latecomers, there was standing room only.
Insight: As govt-in-waiting, Egypt's Brotherhood finds voice
Feb 26, 2012 05:48 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - At the end of January, a guest speaker drew an unusually large audience of diplomats to the 33rd floor auditorium at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo. For latecomers, there was standing room only.
Syria opposition's SNC seeks backers but lacks leaders
Feb 17, 2012 11:41 EST
BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) - A year into the revolt against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council has emerged as the international voice of the uprising -- it just can't seem to lead it.
Sweden's "Mr Fix It" offers crisis lessons for Europe
Feb 14, 2012 06:38 EST
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A property bubble, banks near collapse, a currency under pressure and the future of a cushy European social welfare state in question.
Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, trying to hammer the city of Homs into submission, on Wednesday killed 19 more people including two Western journalists in an onslaught that has caused an international outcry for intervention to end the bloodshed.
Syrian tanks attack in Homs, world outrage grows
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian military pounded rebel-held Sunni Muslim districts of Homs city for the 20th day on Thursday, despite international outrage over the previous day's death toll of more than 80, including two Western journalists, activists said.
"Friends of Syria" to demand ceasefire, aid access
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in cities such as Homs which has endured a 20-day bombardment when they meet in Tunis on Friday.
Greece still to convince skeptical euro zone
Feb 08, 2012 06:55 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek government was under pressure on Monday to convince a skeptical euro zone that it would stick to the terms of a multi-billion-euro rescue package endorsed by lawmakers despite violent protests.
Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria
Jan 24, 2012 04:37 EST
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar al-Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call for U.N. help in ending Syria's bloody upheaval.
Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria
Jan 24, 2012 04:37 EST
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar al-Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call for U.N. help in ending Syria's bloody upheaval.
Insight: EU banks shrink; Irish farmers, Qatari bosses flinch
Jan 18, 2012 04:27 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - From his idyllic farm in Ireland's lush Wicklow Hills, Colin Hadden hatched a plan to supply his lean, grass-fed specialty lamb to some of Dublin's finest restaurants.
Hezbollah rejects call by U.N.'s Ban to disarm
Jan 14, 2012 10:54 EST
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah dismissed on Saturday a United Nations call for his militant anti-Israel movement to disarm, saying it was determined to maintain a military capacity to defend Lebanon.
Brotherhood claim 46 percent of Egypt parliament
Jan 13, 2012 10:38 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood will control close to half the seats in the first Egyptian parliament elected since an uprising swept Hosni Mubarak from power last year, according to a projection posted by the group Friday.
Insight: At the sharp end of Iranian sanctions
Jan 12, 2012 05:47 EST
(Reuters) - Tehran factory worker Mohammad Varamini lost his job of 14 years when rising energy costs and shrinking sales drove the tile maker that employed him out of business. His tale is a familiar one, repeated across Iran where hundreds of firms have been shuttered over the past year, a consequence of international sanctions and economic mismanagement.
Qatar emir suggests sending Arab troops to Syria
Jan 05, 2012 11:02 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Qatar has proposed sending Arab troops to halt the bloodshed in Syria, where violence has raged despite the presence of Arab League monitors sent to check if an Arab peace plan is working.
