Saudi-backed Bahraini police and military forces have attacked anti-regime protesters in a number of villages of the Persian Gulf country, injuring numerous people.
The US government is finalizing a plan to expand training and small-arms shipments for foreign-backed militants in Syria, two US security sources say.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that suggestions for resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a precondition for holding a new round of peace talks are “inadmissible”.
Palestinian inmates are planning to hold protest rallies in Israeli prisons to show anger towards cancelation of prisoner release, an official from the Palestinian Authority (PA) says.
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has told rival extremist groups in Syria to accept independent arbitration to end three months of infighting, saying in an audio message the violence is "sedition."
Syrian army have started a major operation in the town of Mleiha, east of Damascus, in their latest push to take control over the militant-held town near capital.
Western-backed militant groups have attacked Syrian capital by firing six mortar shells, injuring at least 22 people.
Bahrain's Centre for Human Rights has called for a boycott of the Formula One grand prix event in condemnation of Bahraini regime’s continued violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized a Constitutional Court ruling that lifted his government's March 20 ban on Twitter, saying he doesn’t respect the ruling.
Syria has packed up another 40 percent of its chemical weapons to be transferred outside the country for destruction, a UN official says.