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Bahrain crown prince given political role
Sheikh Salman appointed first deputy prime minister
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Producers eye export routes for Israeli gas
New cabinet to decide on level of natural gas exports
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3:55pm
Iran and Pakistan reveal $1.5bn pipeline
Ceremony defies warnings from US State Department
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Mar 8, 2013
Prince Alwaleed, singular Saudi scion
A wrangle over a rich list reveals much about a royal with towering ambition, says Michael Peel
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Mar 8, 2013
Iraq: a display of declining US power
The only winners were the forces the coalition of the willing sought to defeat, writes David Gardner
Mar 8, 2013
Group of UN peacekeepers leave Golan post
Incident follows the kidnapping of 21 Filipino observers
Mar 7, 2013
Egyptian satirist shrugs off death threats
Barbed gags at Islamist regime earn Bassem Youssef many enemies
Mar 6, 2013
Egyptian court suspends April elections
Setback for Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group
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
Mar 6, 2013
Sad decline of Aden’s once-thriving port
Fall of troubled coastal facility has been steep
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Mar 5, 2013
Aleppo: the frailty of mixed cities
Centre is torn by a struggle between globalisation and sectarianism, writes Philip Mansel
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Iran crisis is more stable than it seems
Both sides in the nuclear programme dispute prefer to maintain the status quo, writes Nader Mousavizadeh