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Emirati police during a security operation (photo: AFP/Marwan Naamani )

UAE goes after dissidents and Islamist opposition group

Scores of activists and members of Al-Islah rounded up by Emirati police

Hend Kortam July 30, 2012

A Palestinian woman walks through the destroyed home of the Haruf family after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the abode in the West Bank City of Nablus on 28 July 28 (photo: AFP/JAAFAR ASHTIYRH)

Romney’s Israel visit puts spotlight on region’s fragile state

Recent incidents involving Israeli troops in Palestine illustrate the ongoing fragile state…

Luiz Sanchez September 12, 2012

Destroyed buildings line a street in the Salah Al-Din district of the restive city of Aleppo, on 29 July 2012 (photo: AFP / PIERRE TORRES)

200,000 Syrians flee Aleppo

An exodus of historic proportions is underway as besieged citizens abandon Syria’s…

Rana Muhammad Taha September 12, 2012

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem will reportedly hold talks with Iran on Sunday (file photo: AFP)

Syrian Foreign minister visits Iran

The troubled government turns to a loyal ally

Rana Muhammad Taha July 29, 2012

A handout picture released by Bahrain’s main opposition Al-Wefaq group shows protesters engulfed in tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in a Shia village close to Manama (file photo: AFP/Ho/Al-Wefaq Media Centre)

Bahrain interior minister orders investigation into violations

Sheikh Rashed Ibn Abdullah Al-Khalifa has ordered an investigation into violations of…

Rana Muhammad Taha July 29, 2012

People carry the body of a six-year-old Bilal El-Lababidi during his funeral in the Jordanian town of Ramtha. The boy was allegedly shot dead by the Syrian army as he, his parents, and a dozen other refugees tried to cross the Syrian-Jordanian border to seek refuge in Jordan (photo: AFP/stringer)

Syrian refugees making a deadly crossing to Jordan

Jordan is making preparations for an historic refugee exodus

Hend Kortam July 30, 2012

Refugees from Mali rest in the shade of a tree inside a refugee camp (photo: AFP / Ahmed Ouoba)

Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in…

Rana Muhammad Taha July 29, 2012

United States President Barack Obama signs the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act in the White House in Washington, DC (photo: AFP /Mandel Ngan)

US, Israel in war of words with Iran

Rumours of a contingency plan for war are being circulated

Luiz Sanchez July 29, 2012

Former Tunisian Finance Minister Houcine Dimassi resigned on 27 July, following a disagreement with the policies of the government led by Islamist Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, an official said (photo: AFP / Fethi Belaid)

Cracks deepen in Tunisia’s coalition leadership over resignation

Finance Minister Hussein Dimassi cites Ennahda nepotism as reason for resignation

Ahmed Khalifa July 29, 2012

US pledges more funding for Israeli defense systems

President Obama raises regional stakes with additional military aid to Israel

Luiz Sanchez July 29, 2012