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In a rare interview to air Wednesday, Bashar al-Assad says he does not control the forces implementing his country's brutal crackdown
Geneva meeting occurs as US ambassador Robert Ford returns to Damascus.
Clashes between Yemeni army, tribal fighters in Taiz have continued despite cease-fire agreement reached December 4
About half of races pit Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party against ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party
Activists say militiamen loyal to President al-Assad kidnapped and killed 34 civilians Monday
Voters in Egypt's two largest cities, Cairo and Alexandria and seven other provinces voted in runoff for first stage of parliamentary el
Damascus ignores Arab League deadline to allow observers into the country
Damascus also given Sunday deadline to sign an initiative to end its military crackdown on protests
Latest round of protests sparked by a group of hardline Islamists demanded segregation of the sexes at a university
Figures released Saturday indicate Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party came out on top in Monday, Tuesday's polling
