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March 24, 2013

Syrian rebels hold their weapons aloft
05:00 GMT

Syrian opposition groups have seized a key air base in the country's southern province of Deraa.

March 23, 2013

Syrian protestors dance during an anti-regime demonstration in the northern city of Aleppo on March 22, 2013. EU foreign ministers mulled a contested push by Britain and France to lift or amend a Syria arms embargo to help tip the balance in the country's more than two-year conflict. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)
11:07 GMT

According to unnamed U.S. officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the American intelligence agency has been aiding the opposition fighters.

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks near Jordan's King Abdullah II during a joint press conference following a meeting at Al-Hummar Palace in Amman on March 22, 2013. Obama arrived in Jordan to face scrutiny over his Syria strategy, on the last leg of a Middle East tour after visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN)
05:25 GMT

The U.S. president says he will send the Kingdom $200 million in order to deal with the mounting refugee influx from across the border.

Egyptian members of the Muslim brotherhoods group try to extinguish fire on one of their comrades who he was hit by a molotov cocktail thrown by protesters during clashes in the street that leads to the headquarters of the organization in Cairo on March 22, 2013. Opposition protesters clashed with Islamists near Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo after activists marched to the building guarded by police and members of Egypt's ruling movement. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
05:15 GMT

According to reports from the scene, both sides were throwing rocks at each other.

An image grab taken from the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) news channel on March 22, 2013 shows Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announcing the resignation of the Lebanese government during a press conference in Beirut. (AFP PHOTO/LBC)
05:10 GMT

Prime Minister Mikati announced the moved on Friday after Hezbollah allies tried to stop them organizing a group to supervise the summer elections.

March 22, 2013

An image made available by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), shows remains and the carpeted floor covered with blood inside of the Iman Mosque in the Mazraa neighborhood of the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO /HO-SANA)
07:00 GMT

Dr. Al-Bouti was among the 42 killed when a suicide bomber entered a mosque in Damascus according to Syrian state television.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands following a joint press conference at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday. (AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB)
05:00 GMT

While meeting President Abbas, Barack Obama says he is committed to peace but acknowledged the problems of talks with Israel's current policies.

March 21, 2013

Kurds celebrate on March 21, 2013 Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival, and flash victory signs in the southern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. (AFP)
21:00 GMT

After 30 years of armed struggle the imprisoned Kurdish leader finally tells supporters to move out of Turkey and lay down their arms.

The United Nations will open an investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.
14:03 GMT

The United Nations will open an investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and US President Barack Obama leave after holding a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on the first day of Obama's three day trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AFP  / Saul Loeb)
08:44 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday showed solidarity on the key issues that have stirred tensions between them in the past, AP reported.

A Fatah movement member stands next to a mural of the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
07:58 GMT

The Palestinian Authority president lays out his plans in a set of draft talking points for visiting U.S. President Barack Obama.

Egyptian protestors pray during a demonstration to show their support for their country's military and against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, on March 15 in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
07:23 GMT

A panel of judges send their recommendation to the high administrative court in a bid to dismantle the ruling party.

Relatives of prisoners of Palestinians held in Israeli jails burn pictures of US President Barack Obama during a protest against his visit to the region at the Jabalyia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
06:59 GMT

As the U.S. president tours Israel, militants in the tiny Gaza Strip decide to hit one of the Jewish state's southern towns.

Nesirky said he had briefed Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Jaafari's comments to reporters.
05:06 GMT

The United Nations says Syria has made no formal request for a UN investigation into government claims that opposition rebels have used chemical weapons.

March 20, 2013

Kuwait is to grant citizenship to 4000 'bidoon' or stateless people residing in the country, after years of protests. (File photo)
16:45 GMT

Kuwait is to grant citizenship to 4000 'bidoon' or stateless people residing in the country, AFP reported on Wednesday.