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Former adviser to Tunisian President, Ayoub Messaoudi (centre), arrives for his trial at a military court in Tunis on 22 August AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
former

Former Presidential Advisor faces Military Tribunal in Tunisia

Trial symbolizes an affront to freedom of expression and fair trials

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Anti-Damascus regime supporters gather in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime supporters on 21 August AFP PHOTO / STR
attack

Clashes in Tripoli leave at least 33 wounded

Sectarian violence erupts in Lebanon, wounding 33 people

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

Oil pipeline sabotaged in Yemen

Bombing comes amid week of continued chaos

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Libyan security guards patrol Benghazi (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Mohammed Abed
ambassador

Car of Egyptian diplomat in Libya bombed

Motive unknown, underlines dire situation

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A member of the Free Syrian Army tries to spot positions held by government forces from a residential building on the outskirts of the Salaheddin neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on 14 August AFP PHOTO / ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
Assad

Obama warns on Syria

US could act outside of the UN, should Syria use chemical weapons

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh

Sudan plane crash kills government minister

Political and military figures among victims of plane crash

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Islamic

Tunisian Salafists shutdown ‘un-Islamic’ events

Salafists protest against cultural events deemed as 'un-Islamic'

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Aden

Militants continue assault on Yemeni state

Tribal groups who fought against al-Qaeda also targeted

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The prisoners have all served at least 20 years and currently have little chance of being released AFP PHOTO
Corporal punishment

Rights organisations seek assistance for Egyptian sentenced to lashes in Saudi

Egyptian rights organisations are calling for help in the case of Egyptian…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
brahimi

UNSMIS ends tenure in Syria

Report attributes widespread rape to gov’t forces, and crimes to rebels

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy