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May 21, 2013

The five beheaded men were put on public display (Twitter / @Kamal070)
14:02 GMT
The five men were convicted of murder and committing a string of robberies across a number of towns in the the desert Kingdom
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 20, 2013, allegedly shows a Syrian soldier scanning the area for hostiles in the the town of Qusayr in Homs province (SANA / AFP)
12:55 GMT
Three members of the militant Lebanese group reported dead on Tueday
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East on Tuesday (AFP)
08:45 GMT
The US Secretary of State is making his fourth regional visit in two months as he tries to set the terms for a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine

May 19, 2013

Syrian troops celebrate as they take control of the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held town of Qusayr (AFP/ Joseph Eid)
10:24 GMT
Heavy shelling in the strategically vital town of Qusayr on Sunday morning - reports

May 17, 2013

A screenshot from the video in which Al Nusra fighters execute men in rural Syria. Acts such as this have lead the US to call its leader Mohammad Al Golani a terrorist. AFP/YouTube image.
10:17 GMT
After adding sanctions to the Syrian government, including blacklisting several ministers and institutions that it says helped President Bashar Assad begin the civil war, as well as labelling Mohammad Al Golani, the leader of the Al Qaeda linked Al Nusra front a terrorist.

May 16, 2013

The executioner in the video was from the al-Nusra front (image used for illustrative purposes)
10:57 GMT
A video uploaded to Youtube shows the al-Qaeda linked Al Nusra Front executing 11 men they accused of carrying out massacres against the Syrian people

May 15, 2013

Poster from Saudi Arabia's first anti-domestic violence campaign
10:25 GMT
The ad is meant to define domestic violence in Saudi Arabia as being a social issue and divert attention from the government’s lack of laws that protect women, writes Mohamed Hemish about a new Saudi campaign on domestic violence.

May 13, 2013

Part of the Al Haram Al Sharif in East Jerusalem. Getty images.
10:50 GMT
After the Jordanian delegate at the Arab League called for a meeting on Sunday following Wednesday's attacks by Israelis on the Al Haram Al Sharif, the League met yesterday and condemned Israeli behaviour.