North Africa

Libya: Tripoli clashes; Benghazi suspect killed

As rival militias battle for control of Tripoli's airport, a suspect in the 2012 attack in Benghazi is found dead in Libya's eastern town of Marj, also under control of a local militia.

Greater Middle East

Egypt overturns ban on Mubarak party members

A Cairo appeals court overturned a decision that banned former leaders of Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party from running in Egypt's parliamentary elections.

Greater Middle East

Egypt: activist sentenced to 15 years in prison

An Egyptian court sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent activist from the 2011 revolution, to 15 years in prison for organizing an unsanctioned protest last year.

Greater Middle East

Syria war fuels Lebanon hashish boom?

Afraid of war spilling across the border from neighboring Syria, Lebanon's government has halted cannabis eradication in the Bekaa Valley, allowing a dope-for-guns pipeline to flourish.

Greater Middle East

Transfer of Homs: the beginning of the end?

Contrary to regime propaganda, the fall of Homs to government forces comes amid rebel gains elsewhere in Syria. With the jihadists in disarray, the FSA prepares to open a new front.

Greater Middle East

Chemical watchdog to investigate Syria attacks

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced that it will begin a fact-finding mission into allegations of the use of chlorine gas in Syria.