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March 26, 2013

Saudi police
13:37 GMT

The Ministry of Interior has claimed that the 18 arrested last week are linked to Iran.

Syrian opposition group
12:08 GMT

A government spokesperson says that Saudis in Syria will be arrested if they return home.

Flags of member countries at Arab Summit
08:32 GMT

Draft resolution calls for a peaceful transfer of power in Syria.

An Israeli Arab tourist identified as Amir Omar Hassan (L) and a Norwegian tourist (AFP PHOTO/STR)
07:06 GMT

The Egyptian state news agency has reported the release of the pair, who were held captive for four days.

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 Friday. (Photo: AFP / STR)
07:03 GMT

Egypt's most senior prosecutor orders the arrest of five leading activists after last week's clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters.

FSA boss Riad al-Assaad
05:19 GMT

FSA chief Riad Al-Assaad was injured in a bomb attack in the Miadeen, Deir Ezzor.

March 25, 2013

Doha's Arab summit will host Ex Syrian opposition chief Moaz al-Khatib (AFP PHOTO/STR)
20:36 GMT

Syria’s resigned rebel chief Moaz al-Khatib declared his intention on Facebook to make a speech “in the name of the Syrian people” at the Arab summit in Doha, where his country's seat at the Arab League has been officially suspended.

Syrian rebel fighters prepare to go into battle in Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)
13:31 GMT

According to U.S. media reporters the Central Intelligence Agency is helping Arab countries increase their military aid to the opposition fighters.

Arsal is a majority Sunni Muslim town whose inhabitants generally support the revolt in neighboring Syria. (Al Arabiya)
10:52 GMT

A new wave of sectarian kidnappings took place around Arsal, a sensitive area in northeast Lebanon, on Sunday, a security official told AFP.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to hold preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. (Photo: AFP / Getty / Shah Marai)
08:46 GMT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to hold preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

The notorious 'Prisoner X' was reported trying to recruit a double agent in Hezbollah when he was arrested.
08:41 GMT

The man who was reportedly working for Israeli spy agency, Mossad, was said to be trying to recruit a double agent from the militant group when he was arrested.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Iraq about indirectly aiding the Syrian regime. (AFP)
07:47 GMT

On an unannounced trip to Iraq, Secretary of State Kerry tells the Iraqi PM that letting Iran use their airspace to send weapons to Assad is "problematic".

The occupied Golan Heights has been the scene of the disagreement between Israel and Syria.
07:26 GMT

After shots are fired at Israeli troops in the occupied Golan Heights, the defense minister vows an "immediate" response.

Free Syrian Army commander Riad al-Assaad (Facebook photo)
05:28 GMT

The head of the rebel FSA faction's spokesman says he was wounded in blast near Deir Azzor in eastern Syria.

March 24, 2013

The so-called March 24 movement was holding a rally in the second anniversary of its first such gathering, which was one of few rallies dispersed by police since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in early 2011.  (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
16:56 GMT

Protests led by the so-called March 24 movement spread across Amman.