4:18pm

Total of Syrian refugees passes 1m

Syrian refugees wait for supplies and to be assigned a tent in Mafraq, near the border with Jordan ©AP

Neighbouring countries struggle to handle influx

4:54pm

Jordan set to commission nuclear reactors

Atomic energy spreads across Arab world as unrest hits Gulf region

A boast is seen entering the harbour in the southern city of Aden, situated at the mouth of the Red Sea ©AFP 3:42pm

Sad decline of Aden’s once-thriving port

Fall of troubled coastal facility has been steep

From COMMENT 7:37pm

Aleppo: the frailty of mixed cities

Centre is torn by a struggle between globalisation and sectarianism, writes Philip Mansel

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE 7:25pm

Libya’s pursuit of lost billions ‘in limbo’

Under-threat wealth fund head accuses ‘men in the shadows’

A statue of President Bashar Al-Assad's father, Hafez Al-Assad, is pulled down as people celebrate in Raqqa March 4, 2013. Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and a resident said. REUTERS/Social media via Reuters TV ©Reuters Mar 5, 2013

Syrian rebels seize much of Raqqa

City would be the first provincial capital to fall

Iranian novelist Mahsa Moheb-AIi From IRAN Mar 5, 2013

Women in vanguard of writing about Iran

Novelists battle censors and falling readership to get voices heard

Mar 4, 2013

UAE coup plot trial of 94 opens

Alleged Islamists plead not guilty and allege torture

Mar 4, 2013

At least 40 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq

Ambush near border crossing hits convoy returning to Syria

Mar 4, 2013

IAEA urges access to Iran nuclear site

No progress on clarifying Tehran’s programme, says UN watchdog

From IRAN Mar 4, 2013

Iranians go nuts at pistachio prices

Call for boycott of Persian new year tradition

From COMPANIES Mar 4, 2013

Qatar and Kuwait to back Gulf web project

Gulf Bridge telecoms cabling system aims to combat cyber sabotage

Roula Khalaf from IRAQ Mar 4, 2013

Iraq’s difficult decade with democracy

Most depressing to many is sense of a creeping authoritarianism

From US & CANADA Mar 3, 2013

Congress to raise pressure on Iran

Move to toughen sanctions

From UK Mar 3, 2013

Hague won’t rule out arming Syria rebels

New aid package consists of only non-lethal assistance

From US & CANADA Mar 3, 2013

Ericsson’s Iran role under scrutiny

US lawmaker questions role of technology in human rights abuses

Mar 3, 2013

SA minister lobbies UAE in doctor case

South African doctor held over child’s death 10 years ago

Editorial from COMMENT Mar 3, 2013

Lessons from Iraq a decade after war

Obsession with Security Council backing is misguided

Mar 3, 2013

US promises $190m to Egypt after reform pledge

Kerry move opens way for Cairo to secure $4.8bn IMF loan

Mar 3, 2013

UAE puts 94 on trial in crackdown

Some accused of having links to Muslim Brotherhood

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