Khaleej Times Dozens dead as Syria regime pounds Homs DAMASCUS ' Syrian forces pressed a relentless assault on the protest city of Homs Wednesday, with dozens of civilians reported killed, hours after President Bashar al-Assad said he was committed to en... (photo: Creative Commons / shamsnn) Damascus Homs Photos Protest Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad Atlanta Journal Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage 5 years | PARIS — An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Election 2012: Across the nation | Romney's ... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty) Gilad Shalit Hostage Israel Photos Wikipedia: Gilad Shalit Top Stories DNA India Assad militia kills 3 families in Syria's Homes | Militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead at least 20 civilians when they stormed the homes of three unarmed families on the edges of opposition districts... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Photos Politics Protests Syria Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012) CNN 'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs February 8, 2012 -- Updated 0955 GMT (1755 HKT) 'Anti-air tanks shooting at buildings' | (CNN) -- Not long after Russia's foreign minister touted the Syrian president's "... (photo: AP) Human Rights Photos Protest Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising Al Jazeera Drone strike leaves several dead in Pakistan | At least 10 people have been killed in an apparent US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region. | Pakistani security officials said the missile strikes... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) Drone Pakistan Photos US Wikipedia: Waziristan The Siasat Daily Nasrallah calls for unity among Muslims | Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has called for Islamic unity and praised Iran for its support of the Lebanese resistance movement, Press TV reports.... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) Hezbollah Muslims Nasrallah Photos Wikipedia: Hassan Nasrallah Novosti U.S. Skeptical about al-Assad’s Reconciliation Initiatives | The United States fears that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s national reconciliation initiatives will lead to nothing, a Department of State spokeswoman said. ... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Photos Russia Syria Violence Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising The Independent Iraq's Sunni MPs lift their boycott of Maliki cabinet | The government of the Shia Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, set off the political crisis in December by issuing an arrest warrant against the country's most senior Sunn... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen) Iraq Parliament Photos Sunni Wikipedia: Iraq
