Tuesday, 21 May 2013 08:45
Attacks in Iraq have killed at least 13 people and wounded 99 others, a day after a series of bombings killed 77 people across the country, officials have said.
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 08:26
Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources say, as sectarian violence spills over from the civil war in Syria.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 07:58
Syria's opposition and government are preparing to take part in an internationally-sponsored peace conference, according to Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations-Arab League mediator.
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![Both sides have restrained their armed groups in recent years, until the past few weeks [Reuters]](/images/stories/middle-east/iraq/2/basra.jpg)
Tribal leaders in Iraq are warning of war unless the country splits into a federation amid a new wave of apparently sectarian violence.
Monday, 20 May 2013 08:07
The Syrian military continued its offensive on Qusayr amid reports that at least 13 Hezbollah fighters helping the army in the strategic attack have been killed so far.
Monday, 20 May 2013 08:01
![In August last year, 16 Egyptian border guards were killed in an attack blamed on armed groups in Sinai [EPA]](/images/stories/africa/north/egypt/2/guards.jpg)
Egypt's army has sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with fighters who abducted seven members of the security forces last week.
Sunday, 19 May 2013 10:53
The death toll in Iraq from four consecutive days of violence has reached at least 140 people, stirring fears that rising sectarian conflicts could lead the country into civil war.
Sunday, 19 May 2013 10:50
Jordan will play a role in the negotiations for a final settlement in the long-running conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, the kingdom's prime minister has said.
Sunday, 19 May 2013 10:40
Iranian authorities have executed two men convicted of working for Israeli and US spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency says.
Sunday, 19 May 2013 10:33
Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by armed fighters in the Sinai Peninsula, have blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel, security sources have said.
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