Regional experts predict he will survive the challenge and see out his term in office
Syria's stalemated civil war has forced government to print more pounds, but financial experts say banks struggle, economy in total disarray
President Morsi must wrestle with upstream Ethiopia over a new hydroelectic power project rising on Egypt's biggest water source
Syrian opposition, UN human rights officials, Western powers protest Hezbollah force aiding Assad regime in siege of town on Syria's border
Muslim Brothers among Syria exiles struggle to avoid power-grabbing image of Egypt's President Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood
Yemen's president ordered predecessor's family of generals to embassies in bid to control Yemen security. Can he make his orders stick?
Revolution remains stalemated as anti-Assad forces press once again for better firepower from U.S. and other global backers
Independent commission says rebels committing more abuses, but government aerial war and massacres are UN's major human rights concern
When the Arab League invited anti-Assad forces to sit in Syria's seat, a forceful iman from Damascus became the center of attraction
After 30 years building a career in US tech industry, Ghassan Hitto returns to overturn Bashar al-Assad, lead Syria to democratic reforms
Opponents of Syria regime meet in Istanbul to debate who will appoint shadow government to serve liberated regions in deadly conflict
Opposition is divided on whether to forge ahead with own government or hope for UN negotiation with President Assad
Two years of war may be destroying cultural monuments to Rome, Byzantium, roots of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, say world heritage experts
As urban services fail in Syria's 23-month civil war, doctors and health officials worry about serious health epidemics.
For more than a year, experts have been predicting the imminent fall of the Assad regime, but country's leader continues to hold power and shows no sign of giving it up
US doubles humanitarian pledges, but Syria experts say Assad restricting access, urge new US leadership to avert catastrophe
Activists and outside experts say 400 dead in Syria bread lines, accuse al-Assad regime; many nations call for war crimes investigation
Political interests from the Gulf and from around the view offer Syria varying versions of Syria without President Bashar al-Assad
As Syrian soldiers fall back, opponents start building democratic replacements, town by town
Protests grow among new coalition of rebels after Washington designates one of their most successful fighting units as al-Qaida in Iraq affiliate
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