Syria rebels besiege airports as death toll soars
Insurgents besieged troops on the perimeter of the international airport in Aleppo, and a military airbase in Idlib province
Folly to be wise
By Philip Whitfield Undressing the tree, the Christmas cards tease. Bundle and bung? Or pause wistfully. The ones from Palestine are most inclining. Not from bullyboys or assassins. They hail…
Protesters attacked on Mohamed Mahmoud Street
Lawyer believes assault near Tahrir Square was an ‘action of revenge from Islamists’
Top cop kidnapped in Libya’s Benghazi
"Bearded men stopped him at a traffic light on Venezia Street and kidnapped him at gunpoint," the official said
Israeli army exercise forces Palestinian evacuation
The Israeli military acknowledged issuing 24-hour evacuation orders
Syria conflict kills 60,000, says UN, as clashes rage
Analysis has shown a steady increase in the average number of documented deaths per month since the beginning of the conflict
On hope and gratitude in 2013: the rock and the tide
I am not particularly enthusiastic about New Year’s Eve. My favourite in the last decade was in 2007/8; my wife and I watched a movie, and fell asleep at 11pm.…
