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Syrian Chemical Weapons Mission Funded Only Until End of Month
The international body tasked with ensuring Syria's chemical weapons are eliminated has enough money to fund its…
Kerry, Mending Fences, Lauds Saudi As Senior Arab Player
Calling Saudi Arabia "the senior player in the Arab world", U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met its foreign…
Syrian Army Captures Strategic Town At Approaches To Aleppo
Syria's armed forces said on Friday they had captured a strategic northern town at the eastern gates of Aleppo, the…
Four Palestinian Militants Killed In Gaza Clashes With Israel
An Israeli air strike killed three militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Islamist group Hamas said, after an…
Defiant Israel Returns To U.N. Rights Forum
Israel appeared before the main United Nations human rights body on Tuesday, ending a 20-month boycott of the…
In Syria Outbreak, Polio Exploits Conflict Once More
With the world tantalizingly close to wiping out polio, conflict in Syria has allowed the crippling disease to take…
Kurdish Militants Tighten Grip On Syria’s Northeast
Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria on Sunday…
Main Syrian Rebel Groups Declare Opposition To Geneva Peace Talks
Main Syrian rebel brigades have announced their opposition to an international peace conference on Syria if it does…
UAE Vice President Welcomes Gulf Air to Al Maktoum International
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier was officially welcomed by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE…
Qatar Prime Minister to Be Patron of Euromoney Qatar Conference 2013
The Euromoney Qatar 2013 Conference, the key meeting of the world's leading players and thinkers in finance, will…