The new United Nations envoy on the Syria conflict, Staffan de Mistura, is to make his first trip to Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian media and activists said.
The new United Nations envoy on the Syria conflict, Staffan de Mistura, is to make his first trip to Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian media and activists said.
Smugglers have been using small boats to transport large shipments of narcotics, funds from which go to both established and fledgling terror networks.
There are some Iranian revolutionary operatives in Iraq but I’ve seen no indication of ground forces or major units.
US Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly dismissed the Damascus regime's proposals for ceasefire as a diversionary ploy.
Saudi Arabia has increased its humanitarian aid for Syrian people by $60 million to a total of $250 million.
Iran’s News Agency (IRNA) is reporting that an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale early Sunday shook the vicinity of Mourmour in the western province of Ilam in Iran.
The Bahraini Parliament’s Chairman, Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dhahrani and Mohammed Haji Khouri, the Director-General of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, attended the wedding along with a number of officials.
The Pentagon said it maintained a military presence of more than 35,000 military personnel in and immediately around the Gulf.
Mursi and 35 others, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s top three leaders, are charged with revealing state secrets to a foreign country.
The regime and the opposition will each send delegations to the meeting, and will hold bilateral talks hosted by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on January 24 in Geneva.