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

Syrian Foreign minister visits Iran

The troubled government turns to a loyal ally

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
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)
arrest

Bahrain interior minister orders investigation into violations

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

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
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)
Borders

Syrian refugees making a deadly crossing to Jordan

Jordan is making preparations for an historic refugee exodus

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

Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

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

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
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)
aid

US, Israel in war of words with Iran

Rumours of a contingency plan for war are being circulated

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez