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Syrian regime launches nationwide airstrikes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago. The death toll for what was

Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ADAM SCHRECKAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing

Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its

Car bombs, violence mar Syria's shaky truce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By KARIN LAUB and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Two deadly car bombs and sporadic fighting marred a shaky holiday truce Friday in Syria, although thousands of protesters used the brief respite in the civil war to pour into the streets and demand President Bashar Assad's ouster.

Islamic militant group in Syria rejects truce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The current international peace plan seeking to stop Syria's civil war suffered a major setback Wednesday when an al-Qaida-inspired militant group rejected a cease-fire proposed by the international envoy. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League

Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese soldiers in armored vehicles fanned out across the country on Monday to break down civilian roadblocks and chase gunmen off the streets as tempers flared over the killing of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syrian

Car bomb kills 13 in Syrian capital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By JAMAL HALABYAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A taxi packed with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing 13 people as the U.N. envoy tasked with ending the country's civil war pushed his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad

Funeral for slain Lebanon official ends in clashes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By BASSEM MROUE and BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese security forces unleashed a barrage of gunfire and tear gas in central Beirut on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to storm the government headquarters after the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official

Lebanese on edge after car bomb linked to Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese protesters erected flaming roadblocks and gunmen roamed the streets Saturday in a city on edge after the assassination of a top security official in a powerful car bomb the prime minister linked to the civil war in