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Egyptian satirist shrugs off death threats

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Barbed gags at Islamist regime earn Bassem Youssef many enemies

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9:33pm

UK to train Syrian rebels

‘Technical assistance’ on offer but not weapons

8:16pm

Syrian rebels kidnap UN peacekeepers

Convoy taken near Golan Heights

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UN works to free Filipino peacekeepers

Syrian rebels detained 21 moitors on Wednesday

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Total of Syrian refugees passes 1m

Neighbouring countries struggle to handle influx

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY 5:39pm

Egyptian court suspends April elections

Setback for Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group

People on the Move

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A boardroom dispute has left the Financial Services Association of the UAE in disarray.

Egypt: The strong arm of the law

An Egyptian protester prepares to throw back a tear gas canister fired by riot policemen during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square ©AFP

Egypt is becoming more volatile as people increasingly stand up to security forces

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Mar 6, 2013

Combat logistics must be in the vanguard

Support functions are as critical for battlefield success as weapons

Mar 6, 2013

Jordan set to commission nuclear reactors

Atomic energy spreads across Arab world as unrest hits Gulf region

MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Mar 6, 2013

Arabtec launches aggressive finance plan

New chief executive reveals share issue scheme

A boast is seen entering the harbour in the southern city of Aden, situated at the mouth of the Red Sea ©AFP Mar 6, 2013

Sad decline of Aden’s once-thriving port

Fall of troubled coastal facility has been steep

Mar 6, 2013

Forbes, Alwaleed and the $9.6bn question

Sparring intensifies over prince’s position on rich list

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Aleppo: the frailty of mixed cities

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

MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Mar 5, 2013

Libya’s pursuit of lost billions ‘in limbo’

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

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Mar 5, 2013

Syrian rebels seize much of Raqqa

City would be the first provincial capital to fall

IRAN Mar 5, 2013

Women in vanguard of writing about Iran

Novelists battle censors and falling readership to get voices heard

Mar 5, 2013

Istanbul’s towers lure Gulf investors

Agaoglu opens offices in Dubai to exploit growing links

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

IRAN Mar 4, 2013

Iranians go nuts at pistachio prices

Call for boycott of Persian new year tradition

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