Militants killed at least 22 members of the security forces in Iraq on Tuesday, mostly in attacks on police and military checkpoints, with the western Anbar province bearing the brunt of the violence, sources said.

Syria’s opposition in exile resisted calls Tuesday from Western and Arab countries to commit to attending peace talks, saying it would not take part if there was any chance President Bashar Assad remained in power.

The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib Al Adli, six of Adli’s aides and fugitive Businessman Hussein Salem in the case of killing protesters during the January 25th Revolution.