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Friends of killed Italian Vittorio Arrigoni stand inside the grounds of the military court building which belongs to the Hamas movement in Gaza City AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

Pro-Palestinian activist’s killers jailed

Over a year after he died, Arrigoni’s family sees justice

September 17, 2012

Israeli forces raided the house of Sheikh Najeh Bkerat, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound manager where on 14 September Palestinians chanted slogans against a film mocking Islam AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI

Israeli forces arrest Al-Aqsa representative

Manager of mosque has been previously apprehended for incitement

Rana Muhammad Taha

September 17, 2012

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (File Photo) AFP Photo

Hezbollah calls for protests across Lebanon

“This assault is even worse than the 1969 burning of the Holy…

September 17, 2012

Protesters in Benghazi hold signs denouncing both the "Innocence of Muslims" film and the violent reactions to it that lead to the deaths of the US ambassador to Libya and three other US nationals Libyan Tweep Forum

Peaceful protest gets lost in translation

Among rapid updates on the violent protests in the Muslim world, peaceful…

September 16, 2012

Broken furniture outside the US consulate building in Benghazi following an attack in which the US ambassador to Libya and three other US nationals were killed AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

Rising speculations about Al-Qaeda’s affiliation to the attack on Benghazi consulate

AQAP suggests in a statement the attack was in revenge for Al-Libi’s…

Rana Muhammad Taha

September 16, 2012

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

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

September 16, 2012