Attacks in Baghdad and Basra come amid a spike in violence in the country and high tensions between its Shi'ite majority and Sunni minority More
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the deaths of the Lebanon-based militants occurred duing fighting in the town of Qusair More
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he doubts the US/Russian initiative can stop the fightingMore
Activists threw stones at Tunisian police who deployed heavily in central town of Kairouan to prevent them from gathering More
Sunday's incidents underscore growing clout of Muslim extremists in the once staunchly secular North African country More