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Lebanon's 25-year power crisis costs US$1.5 billion annually in lost business, according to some estimates (Photo caption: AFP/ Ramzi Haidar )
AFP

Nationwide blackout in Lebanon threatened

Blackout threatened as power cuts continue in Lebanon

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
The Golan Heights is a contentious zone that puts the Israeli border only 14 kilometers from Syria’s capital of Damascus (file photo: AFP)
druze

Golan Druze man arrested for spying for Syria

The Shin Bet says that Johary admitted working for the Syrian intelligence…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Sudanese riot police stand guard in Khartoum (AFP/file)
activist

US-based activist charged with ‘terrorism’ in Sudan

Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
An Iraqi security officer arrives on the scene at a bombing in Iraq (AFP/file)
Al-Qaeda

Bombings continue to plague Iraq

Violent actions continue in Iraq

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Militia members man a checkpoint in Tripoli. A top-level commander was recently shot at by militiamen in Libya (AFP/file)
civil war

Libyan General shot at after seeking cooperation with militias

Libyan General Khalifa Hefter shot by unknown assailants

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
A Moroccan protester waves the February 20 movement flag at a protest in Morocco (AFP/ Joseph Eid)
court

Morocco court criminalises February 20 Movement

Moroccan court terms February 20 movement as illegal

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
A Somali pirate on lookout in Somalia (file photo: AFP)
Aden

Iran accuses Gulf States of supporting Somali piracy

A commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is accusing Saudi Arabia,…

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

UAE goes after dissidents and Islamist opposition group

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

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
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)
Israel

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
Luiz Sanchez
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)
aleppo

200,000 Syrians flee Aleppo

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

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha