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Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE

Members of Iranian Special Forces present in Syria and Lebanon are only ‘counsellors’

Iran confirms the presence on Iranian forces in Syria

Daily News Egypt September 16, 2012

Iranian military personnel place a national flag on a submarine during the "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on 3 January 2012 AFP PHOTO / EBRAHIM NOROOZI

Israel and Iran usual War Dance

Multinational armada in the Arab Gulf while Iran tests its defences

Nouran El-Behairy September 16, 2012

Yemeni security forces on patrol (File photo) AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Militants kill three soldiers in Yemen

Fail to assassinate targeted minister

Daily News Egypt September 24, 2012

USAID estimates there are roughly 4 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, with 2 million internally displaced persons. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI

Syria’s refugee crisis and ongoing violence set the stage for Brahimi

Refugee crisis in Turkey worsens as Brahimi continues talks in Syria

Luiz Sanchez September 16, 2012

Tunisian protesters break into the US embassy in Tunis during a protest against a film mocking Islam on 14 September AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID

US withdraws embassy staff from Sudan and Tunisia

Yemen and Sudan refuse deployment of Marines

Basil El-Dabh September 16, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI greeting Muslim clerics during his visit with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda presidential palace AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO

Catholic Pope brings message of coexistence to Lebanon visit

Roman pontiff says he comes as “pilgrim of peace”

Basil El-Dabh September 15, 2012

Lakhdar Brahimi Khaled Desouki / AFP Photo

Brahimi meets Al-Assad

Peace envoy’s meeting with Syrian president leaves behind warnings of a “crisis

Rana Muhammad Taha September 15, 2012

Lakhdar Brahimi Khaled Desouki / AFP Photo

Brahimi arrives in Syria

Envoy for Syria meets foreign minister

Rana Muhammad Taha September 13, 2012

Gaza tunnels not crippled in Egypt crackdown

Gaza tunnels not crippled in Egypt crackdown

Daily News Egypt September 13, 2012

Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen

Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen

Daily News Egypt September 13, 2012