For decades the United States has provided Egypt with millions of dollars worth of aid every year, but a growing list of human rights incidents in Egypt has an American Congresswoman calling for preconditions to be imposed on the funding.…
Allegations that chemical weapons have been used in Syria have prompted the United Nations to investigate the claims, with a team being put together to visit the country. According to UN Secretary-General spokesman Martin Nesirky, the team will be working…
The United States confirmed on Sunday that flights from Iran to Syria via Iraqi airspace are carrying more than humanitarian aid, with the US convinced arms and fighters are being sent from Iran to back the Bashar al-Assad regime. US…
The violence from the Syrian conflict continues to spillover into neighboring countries, as Syria hit targets inside Lebanon. US spokesperson Victoria Nuland confirmed the press reports that Syrian helicopters and jets fired rockets into Lebanese territory near a border town…
This month, the Syrian conflict hit its two-year anniversary—with no end in sight. In two months, the European Union must decide what to do about its arms embargo on the Syrian opposition forces. Those two dates have the UK now…
As the conflict in Syria reaches it’s two-year mark this month, a government official from one of Syria’s neighbors made his own recommendation to end the fighting on Tuesday: broader intervention by the Arab League. Israeli President Shimon Peres, speaking…