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Soldiers of the Free Syrian Army are set to receive training and weapons from the US and allies (File-AFP)

March 14th, 2015 - 07:31 GMT

U.S. to provide $70 million to Syrian rebels

State Department announces plan to increase both military and non-lethal assistance to anti-Assad groups.

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies of children wrapped in shrouds as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK

August 23rd, 2013 - 06:57 GMT

U.S. unable to "conclusively determine" use of chemical weapons

A police trooper inspects a vehicle at the entrance of the Sanaa International Airport (AFP/MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

August 12th, 2013 - 09:17 GMT

U.S. to reopen 18 of 19 shut embassies

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers the Eid al-Fitr prayer sermon at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on August 9, 2013. Portrait in the background shows the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (AFP)

August 12th, 2013 - 06:35 GMT

Peace talks 'detrimental' to the cause, Iran tells Palestine

Iraqis and policemen gather at the scene of an explosion in Nasiriyah, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP/STR)

August 12th, 2013 - 06:06 GMT

Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for Iraq Eid attacks

RAQ, Baghdad : An Iraqi worker cleans the pavement on August 11, 2013 on the scene of a car bomb attack that occured the day before in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Shaab. AFP PHOTO ALI AL-SAADI

August 11th, 2013 - 07:33 GMT

Iraqi attackers branded "enemies of Islam"

Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are to resume in Jerusalem on August 14 (Al Bawaba/file)

August 9th, 2013 - 08:22 GMT

Palestinian-Israeli peace talks to be held August 14 in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, on September 14, 2010 (AFP/File)

July 30th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Palestinians, Israelis agree to nine months of peace talks - US

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on July 19, 2013 in Ramallah (AFP)

July 29th, 2013 - 06:45 GMT

US hosts renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace talks in Washington

Syrian rebels head to the town of Bsankol in the northwestern province of Idlib to join comrades fighting regime forces for the control of the highway that connects Idlib with Latakia on July 11, 2013. (Source: AFP/DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)

July 16th, 2013 - 09:04 GMT

Pakistani Taliban says its fighters are in Syria, more on the way

Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour (R) meeting with with new-appointed Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi, on July 9 (AFP/ Egyptian presidency)

July 11th, 2013 - 01:09 GMT

Egypt's interim government welcomes US 'understanding' over Morsi

US Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP)

June 12th, 2013 - 08:39 GMT

Kerry and Hague to meet as Syria peace conference in doubt

Lebanese women wave Hezbollah flags while holding a picture of the movement's chief Hassan Nasrallah in Mashghara in the western Bekaa Valley on May 25 (MahmoudZayyat / AFP)

May 30th, 2013 - 07:03 GMT

US calls for immediate Hezbollah withdrawal from Syria conflict