Authorities in Bahrain say a series of blasts in the capital has killed at least two people and wounded another. The state Bahrain News Agency described the five explosions Monday in Manama as “acts of terrorism.” Last week Bahrain banned all protest gatherings. A protest movement, aimed at breaking the Sunni minority’s hold on power […]
Syrian Opposition in Key Qatar Meeting to Unify Ranks
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s fractured opposition factions began key talks aimed at forming a united front to gain international recognition and bolster their chances to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The first four days of meetings in the Qatari capital, Doha, are focused on transforming the Syrian National Council, the largest opposition group outside Syria, into a representative government-in-exile. […]
Syrian Opposition in Key Qatar Meeting to Unify Ranks
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Syria’s fractured opposition factions began key talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, Sunday aimed at forming a united front to gain international recognition and bolster their chances to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The first four days of meetings are focused on transforming the Syrian National Council, the largest opposition grouping outside Syria, into a representative […]
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is 60 years old, succeeds Pope Shenouda the Third who died in March at the […]
Blast Damages Libyan Police Station
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
Libyan officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police station in the country’s second largest city, wounding three people. Authorities say the blast Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi heavily damaged the front of the police station. In September, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in an attack on […]
France’s Hollande in Beirut to Discuss Syria
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
The French president is in Lebanon for a short visit to show support for the country amid ongoing violence in neighboring Syria. That violence has spilled across the border into Lebanon, and has been growing worse in recent months. Francois Hollande arrived in Beirut Sunday where he held talks with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman. […]
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is 60 years old, succeeds Pope Shenouda the Third who died in March at the […]
France’s Hollande in Beirut to Discuss Syria
Posted November 4th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
The French president is in Lebanon for a short visit to show support for the country amid ongoing violence in neighboring Syria. That violence has spilled across the border into Lebanon, and has been growing worse in recent months. Francois Hollande arrived in Beirut Sunday where he held talks with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman. […]
Syrian Activists: 6 People Died Each Hour of October
Posted November 3rd, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say an average of six people died every hour last month in the war-torn country. The Syrian Network for Human Rights released a statement Saturday saying 4,532 people died from unrest in Syria during the month of October. This equates to 147 people dying each day and six dying each hour. Meanwhile, the […]
Syrian Rebels Launch Assault for Airbase
Posted November 3rd, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say opposition forces and government troops are fighting for control of a northern airbase. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels launched an offensive Saturday morning to take the Taftanaz airbase. On Friday, the Observatory said rebels had taken control of a strategic northern town crucial to the government’s fierce campaign against […]
