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US sends Army planners to JordanThe United States is dispatching Army planners to Jordan as neighboring Syria's conflict worsens, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, but he signaled deep misgivings about direct American military intervention in the Syrian c More… |
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Blow to Assad as army general, 20 soldiers defectA brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces is diminishing. Briga More… |
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Syria rebels seize dam, blast on Turkish borderRebels have captured Syria's biggest hydro-electric dam and battled army tank units near the center of Damascus, activists said as the opposition renewed an offer on Monday to negotiate the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. More… |
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Syria rebels battle army for Damascus controlSyrian rebels battled army units on Thursday for control of districts of Damascus on the second day of a rebel offensive which aims to shake President Bashar al-Assad's hold on the capital, a rebel captain and an opposition activist said. More… |
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Egypt state could collapse warns army chiefThe head of the Egyptian military said political conflict in the country could lead to the collapse of the state and protecting the Suez Canal was one of the main objectives of an army deployment More… |
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Egypt cabinet ‘backs army to make civilian arrests’Egypt's cabinet has approved a draft law giving the army the right to arrest civilians and assist the police in providing security, a cabinet source told Reuters on Monday after the death toll in five days of anti-government protests rose to More… |
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Charred bodies found at besieged Algeria plantAlgerian special forces on Saturday found 15 burned bodies at a desert gas plant raided by Al Qaeda-linked fighters, two days after the army launched an assault to free hostages being held there by the Islamists, a source familiar with the crisi More… |
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No 'business as usual' with Pakistan: India PMIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday there could be no "business as usual" with Pakistan after a clash last week along the line dividing the arch-rivals in Kashmir in which two Indian soldiers were kil More… |
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South to withdraw army from Sudan borderSouth Sudan is willing to withdraw its army from the disputed border with Sudan, President Salva Kiir said, signalling a possible compromise at a summit with his Sudanese counterpart. Kiir and Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir agr More… |
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Egypt army given power to arrest civiliansEgypt's government has temporarily given the military the authority to arrest civilians to help safeguard a constitutional referendum planned for Saturday, the official gazette said. The ord More… |
