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Maj Gen Jamil al-Sayyed in Beirut, Lebanon, April 2009 Major General Jamil Sayyed wants alleged “false witnesses” to face trial

WASHINGTON (AFP)

United States President Barack Obama told lawmakers that no current changes are needed to his Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, as U.S. forces escalate operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

By Kamran Haider and David Brunnstrom
ISLAMABAD/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of

BEIRUT (Agencies)
Warrant issued for former UN investigator: Lebanese general

WASHINGTON (Agencies)
Move may come in light of threatened Qaeda attacks

TEHRAN (Agencies)
The two leaders to discuss “bilateral and regional issues”

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Tehran on Saturday and immediately went into talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, local media reported.

KARACHI (Agencies)
Militants believed to be behind the attacks

Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.

BAGHDAD (AFP)
Political impasse beats record, shows no sign of ending

Iraq is poised to set a disturbing record on Friday by failing for longer than any other country to