Civil wars
Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
After exchange, Israel warns against Golan attacks, says Syria will 'bear consequences'
JERUSALEM - Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict.
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover
Attacks across Iraq kill 95 in hints of sectarian spillover from Syria
BAGHDAD - Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door.
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
BEIRUT - Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.
