Eyes wide shut, world watches Syria bleed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Thirty years ago Hafez al-Assad cut phone lines from Hama to stop word spreading of his bloody crackdown on an uprising in the city, ensuring that the...
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Free Syrian Army rebel leaders face challenges on home ground
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Free Syrian Army commanders hope that transferring their leadership to Syrian territory from exile in Turkey will make the rebel force more effective, but the challenge of...
Christians fear violent backlash from Syria uprising
(Reuters) - In a walled churchyard in the old city of Damascus, a small group of Syrians debate whether the time has come to flee one of Christianity's ancient heartlands....
Pope never considered canceling delicate Lebanon visit
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's visit to Lebanon ranked as potentially his most dangerous even before this week's protests in the Middle East raised the stakes, but he said on...
Christians fear violent backlash from Syria uprising
(Reuters) - In a walled churchyard in the old city of Damascus, a small group of Syrians debate whether the time has come to flee one of Christianity's ancient heartlands....
Pope never considered canceling delicate Lebanon visit
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's visit to Lebanon ranked as potentially his most dangerous even before this week's protests in the Middle East raised the stakes, but he said on...
PM warns Lebanese of “drowning” in Syrian war
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's fractious communities will "all drown" together if they let Syria's civil strife spill over the border, the prime minister warned, as he called on factions to...
PM warns Lebanese of “drowning” in Syrian war
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's fractious communities will "all drown" together if they let Syria's civil strife spill over the border, the prime minister warned, as he called on factions to...
Growing violence could leave Syria ungovernable
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Escalating violence and a vicious cycle of retaliation could leave Syria ungovernable even if a winner finally emerges from President Bashar al-Assad's battle with rebels. Nearly a...
Growing violence could leave Syria ungovernable
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Escalating violence and a vicious cycle of retaliation could leave Syria ungovernable even if a winner finally emerges from President Bashar al-Assad's battle with rebels. Nearly a...