Confrontation with Salafists looms in Tunisia: Who will blink first?

Russia gives Assad sophisticated missiles to repel enemies coming from afar

Bomb explodes near three embassies in Tripoli amid growing security fears

Attacks against mosques and husseiniyahs stoke Iraq fears of sectarian strife

Renewable energy drive gains pace in Morocco: Africa largest wind farm to open in 2014

Yemen blames jet crashes on ‘systematic sabotage' of air force

Qaeda takes no break in Yemen: Assassination of intelligence officer

Obama sways Erdogan on Russia-US brokered Syria conference

Absence of security as violence grips Libya’s Benghazi

‘People want to overthrow regime’ in Egypt

Ban, Lavrov call for urgent Syria conference

Bahrain forces raid home of top Shiite cleric

Iraq sectarian violence reaches new highs

Gruesome videos put Syria opposition in dire straits

Egypt police shut Rafah crossing to protest kidnappings

Four Syrian ministers, Nusra leader on US blacklist

Untold stories of Iraq war photographers

Tunisia President urges Salafists to condemn terror

Humanitarian crisis threatens Yemen transition

Obama: Assad departure is only way to resolve Syria crisis

Showdown nears: Tunisia Salafists defy government ban

Iraq PM blames bloodshed on sectarianism

Top US general in Iraq for security talks

Kuwait Airways to acquire 25 Airbus planes

Egypt leader holds crisis talks with ministers over kidnappings

Peace Now: Israel wants to 'legalise' wildcat settler outposts

Expats barred from morning treatment at Kuwait hospitals

Five hostages released in Yemen

US-led navies flex muscles in Gulf manoeuvres

White House releases Benghazi talking points emails

UN assembly condemns Assad 'escalation' of Syria war

After more than eight hours, IAEA-Iran nuclear talks fail again

Jubaland region gets ex-Islamist Somali warlord as President

Moscow: UN adds fuel to fire with approval of Arab-backed Syria resolution

Donors raise $2.6 billion to help Mali chase away ghost of war

Ghannouchi defies ‘his legitimate sons’: No to Salafist meeting in Kairouan

Will Western nations turn their back on Egypt’s Islamist President?

Bahrain follows in footsteps of Kuwait: Tweeters get jail term for ‘insulting King’

Extremism targets last liquor shops in Baghdad

Islamist radicals gear up for new show of force in Tunisia

Past mistakes in mind as Mali aid conference kicks off

Free Syrian Army vows to punish members involved in abuses

Iran in parallel nuclear talks amid low prospects for breakthrough

Better late than never: Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Promises ‘not kept’ to eradicate Casablanca's infamous slum