The Syrian army's crackdown on opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's rule appears to be intensifying. Al Jazeera journalists have witnessed Syrian forces using heavy weapons to bombard civilian areas in the city of Idlib in the northwest of t...

Turkey's military chiefs have all stepped down, including armed forces chief of staff Isik Kosaner. The exact reason is not clear, but tensions between the government and armed forces have been high in recent years. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught r...

Libya is blessed with vast reservoirs of oil and water, however both need electricity to get them out of the ground. Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's longtime leader, has tried to cut access to these resources, by cutting electricity from opposition stro...

Both sides in the Battle for Libya know that oil is key. And with the Transitional National Council running out of cash, Muammar Gaddafi's doing all he can to choke its only real source of income. Al Jazeera's Anita Mcnaught reports from Jalu i...

Syrian troops and vehicles are apparently sweeping through Khirbet Al Jouz, a village near the Turkish border. Witnesses say the military is looking for anti government protesters. Syrian military vehicles could be seen moving along the border ne...

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, facing three months of protests against his rule, has said a national dialogue will start soon but cautioned that no political solution was possible with people who were violent or carried arms. This was his...

Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Yayladagi in Turkey, and Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports from Beirut in Lebanon, as foreign journalists are not allowed to work within Syria.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces may have put rebel fighters on a backfoot but cracks are widening inside his government. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Tripoli on the Libyan government's response to the reported defection of seve...