Main headlines
August 5, 2012
The Syrian army, which concluded Sunday, the deployment around Aleppo, heavily bombed the city amid fighting with insurgents ahead of launching the decisive offensive to re-take control of Syria's second largest city.
Saudi authorities have officially invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the extraordinary Islamic summit which would take place mid-August in Mecca, the Saudi media reported Sunday.
At least 42 people were killed and 37 wounded in a suicide bombing Saturday night in southern Yemen
The Syrian army said Saturday it had taken over a neighborhood of Damascus which was in rebel hands. It added that Aleppo battle was only just starting, on the 'appetizer' phase.
August 4, 2012
Clashes intensified since Friday night in Damascus and Aleppo.
Two persons including a policeman, were killed in an attack against a police patrol late Friday night in eastern Saudi Arabia
August 3, 2012
Syrian regime forces Friday resumed their bombardment of rebel areas in Damascus and Aleppo
August 2, 2012
Kofi Annan announced he would resign from his post as the UN and the Arab League mediator for the Syrian crisis, a statement issued Thursday by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, indicated.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, will retain his post as defense minister in the next government led by Egyptian Hisham Kandil, it was confirmed Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a secret document authorizing U.S. aid to the Syrian rebels, who are trying to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Assad
August 1, 2012
Egyptian Prime Minister appointed Hisham Qandil selected the members of his government.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the fight between the Syrian army and the rebels was decisive for the future of Syria and praised the military for its fight against what he called "criminal terrorist gangs"
Opposition sources said Wednesday that an Iranian diplomat was assassinated in Damascus.
July 31, 2012
Yasser Ali, the spokesman for the Egyptian President Tuesday denied reports that his boss Mohamed Morsi sent a letter to his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres.
Syrian opposition activist Haitham al-Maleh said he had been commissioned by a coalition of Syrian groups to form a government in exile to be based in Cairo.
