Egypt caught between the West and a hard place over Palestinian conflictCairo’s failure to broker a ceasefire is not surprising given its difficult positionSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
Egyptian president holds talks with Abbas on ceasefire proposalBlair says priority must be stopping the violenceThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:00
Trial in Cairo of Irish national Ibrahim Halawa postponed until AugustTeenager held on terrorism charges since protest against ousting of former president Mohamed MorsiWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
Egypt anxious to bolster regional standing with Gaza truceIsraeli ground invasion of Gaza would sideline and humiliate CairoWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
Radical insurgent emirate stretches from east Syria to west IraqThe unified Jabhat and Isis may boast 30,000 fighters – a threat to BaghdadThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Boys as young as 15 recruited to fight in Syria, says Human Rights WatchChildren have taken part in battles, acted as spies, manned checkpoints and ferried ammunition to front linesMon Jun 23 2014 - 21:53
Betrayal of Arabs after first World War set stage for turbulent centuryMiddle East state borders endured despite origins in deals between British and FrenchSat Jun 21 2014 - 11:10
Agencies appeal for aid as humanitarian crisis deepens in IraqAlready stretched by the conflict in Syria, NGOs are trying desperately to assist displaced IraqisFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:01
Both sides fuelling Iraqi sectarian power struggle that threatens state’s existenceAnalysis: a militant attack on Baghdad could lead to a full-scale war and regional unrestTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
The West bears some responsibility for rise of fundamentalism across regionAnalysis: western hostility to secular nationalism has helped radical groups flourishMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Kurd expansion risks stoking Iraqi conflictA land grab by Iraqi Kurds could intensify the civil conflictSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Isis dogma shows zero tolerance of dissentIraqis contravening the jihadi extremists’ strictures face punishment or exileFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Isis on the rise through the Iraqi quagmireBrutal movement that has no jihadi rivals in Iraq aims to create Islamic stateThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:00
Conflict stalled an embroidery business and left it after years as stitches in timeHeike Weber organised women in fine craft work in Palestine and Syria before trouble intervenedTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Syria’s wasteland of ghosts and sorrowA ‘war waged by thieves’ has desecrated the Old City of HomsSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Syrians yearn for unity under re-elected AssadPresident’s third term offers chance for reconciliation, say SyriansFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Assad wins Syrian election with 88.7% of voteCelebratory machine gun fire ripples across Damascus as results announcedThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Syrians defy insurgent unrest to voteQueues at polling stations despite heavy security and mortar fireWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Syrian vote: Bashar Assad to win new term as presidentIncumbent expected to record landslide victory as opposition deride poll as ‘parody’Tue Jun 03 2014 - 07:11
Presidential candidate backed by a clan that does not want him to winHassan al-Nouri knows he has no chance of beating the incumbentTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Syrians prepare to go to polls in one-horse presidential electionTwo opposing candidates no threat to continued Assad ruleMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:08
Egypt’s opposition leader in for long haul towards democracyProgress since the uprising is slow, with parties ‘divided, split down the middle’Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Egypt’s Sisi set for sweeping victoryTurnout in presidential poll recorded at 44% despite extension of voting to three daysWed May 28 2014 - 21:54
Voting in Egyptian election extended to third dayTurnout for presidential poll low depriving al-Sisi of convincing mandateWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Egyptians go to the polls gripped by Sisi maniaVoters hope the ex-army chief can mollify Egypt’s political extremesTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Sisi’s victory margin will reveal most about Egyptian pollAnalysis: presumed new president faces economy in crisisMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Egypt besieged on all sides as it heads into another electionThe new president will have to deal with people’s loss of faith in the country’s ability to resolve its problemsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Egyptians concerned over state of economyElection is not a contest but a consultation to confer legitimacy on present governanceFri May 23 2014 - 01:29
Mubarak sentenced to three years for embezzlementRuling against former Egyptian president comes ahead of election next weekThu May 22 2014 - 00:21
Iraq PM Nouri al-Maliki’s bloc wins most seats but still short of majorityBlocs commanded by Shia fundamentalist rivals came a distant second and thirdTue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Kerry to meet opposition head and ‘Friends of Syria’ in LondonMove to revive diplomatic option for resolving conflictThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
Presidential election campaign begins in Syria as Aleppo still under siegeAssad expected to win by landslide in June voteMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Homs back in Syrian government hands as rebels evacuatedHandover of Old City a serious defeat for oppositionThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
Turkey denies accusations of promoting ethnic cleansing of Armenians in northern Syria3,500 people, mainly Armenian Christians, flee north Syrian town after rebel attackFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
Syrian election will hamper peace efforts, says UNOpposition says it will not return to talks if Assad is re-electedTue Apr 22 2014 - 17:04
Syrian presidential poll set for June 3rdOpposition activist says rebels accept Bashar al-Assad will remain in power for forseeable future and could regain control of most of the countryTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Access for aid agencies becomes matter of life and death in SyriaAid agencies are being hampered by lack of access, trust and fundsMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Syria’s battered third city still manages to functionThe situation has improved due, in part, to recent truce negotiationsSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Reconciliation minister has a ‘complete vision’ for solving crisisHaidar says international community is key to Syrian sides working togetherSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Syria marks ‘evacuation day’ to the beat of mortars and the march of security forcesHalf-observed holiday is day of complications and contradictionsFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Syrian army continues to advance on Homs old cityState TV claims strategic gains in offensive that may put at risk truce talksThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Gutted and brutalised, Syrian town will not rise again for long timePointless battle for Maaloula is over as Syrian army takes control of regionWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
Syria exports chemical weapons but misses deadline‘Great progress’ made on shipments, says deputy foreign ministerTue Apr 15 2014 - 08:53
Syria facing drought as food rations cut, World Food Programme warnsFood rations cut by 20% as donors fail to honour pledgesTue Apr 08 2014 - 18:25
Number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon over one millionTotal number, including unregistered refugees, form 37% of Lebanon’s populationFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
Obama assures Saudi king on Iran nuclear dealUS president discusses ‘tactical differences’ on Syrian and Iran with King AbdullahMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Entry of Sisi to presidential race divides opinion in EgyptCandidacy welcomed by secular politicians and Salifis, but criticised by Muslim Brotherhood leaderFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
Arab leaders call for political solution to Syrian conflictSyrian opposition leader urges that rebels be supplied with sophisticated weaponsThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Egypt’s revolutionaries fear return to dark age of repressionCritics say Egypt is more insecure and repressed than it was under MubarakTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Syrian army claims full control of western Homs provinceMore than 90 insurgents killed and Crusader fort of Crac des Chevaliers recaptured, says officerSat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00
