All Middle East
- Timeline: Egypt since the revolution
Egypt's politics have turned full circle since the ousting of its dictator in February 2011, a pivotal moment in the Arab Spring.
- Israelis pay last respects to Sharon as Biden expected at funeral service
Ariel Sharon, a soldier-turned-statesman, passed away Saturday. Israelis lined up Sunday to see his coffin, which lies outside the parliament.
- Israel bids farewell to Ariel Sharon, as it grapples with his divisive legacy
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon passed on today in Tel Aviv. But the intense debate over his leadership lives on, reflecting divergent visions for Israel, especially its settler movement.
- Israeli youths help Syrians fight winter chills
Since 27 Syrian children died in a winter storm, Operation Human Warmth has collected blankets, coats, and sleeping bags from 650 communities in Israel.
- Libya yanks salaries for militiamen in bid to gain control
Libya's young government has failed to bring militias to heel, partly because they remained on government payrolls. But what if that money stops?
- Fleeing genocide, Darfurian searches for sympathy in Israel
Motassim Ali fled the Darfur genocide five years ago and crossed illegally into Israel, reasoning that Jews were likely to empathize with his plight.
- Can a puppet be a terrorist? In Egypt, this is a serious question.
A puppet in a commercial has been accused of espionage. Amid a crackdown on dissent, many Egyptians are too scared of being branded spies or terrorists to poke fun.
- The Syria effect: Lebanese Sunnis begin to strap on bombs
Lebanon's moderate Sunni community is radicalizing, as shown by last week's suicide bombing in Beirut. Residents of the bomber's hometown expressed admiration for him to the Monitor.
- Israel, no longer a haven, sends African migrants to prison
The opening of an Israeli detention facility for African migrants has sparked alarm and led to a rare show of strength in Tel Aviv protests.
- Israeli settlers prickle at John Kerry's peace 'solutions'
Secretary Kerry's shuttle diplomacy appears to be gaining traction, but a media campaign by Israeli settlers paints his ideas as akin to using a porcupine as toilet paper.
- FocusWhy President Bashar al-Assad's rule may endure
The Syrian opposition is fragmented, the regime's core appears coup-resistant, and the West fears President Bashar al-Assad less than the radical Islamist alternative.
- Ariel Sharon: A timeline of a controversial life
A look at the key milestones in the life of Ariel Sharon, from staunch support for Israeli settlements to the watershed Gaza pullout.
- Why Ariel Sharon looms so large in Israel
The headlines he's making reflect not a preoccupation with a dire medical outlook, but a national interest in the still-developing legacy of one of Israel's most controversial leaders.
- Criss-crossing Jerusalem's parallel cities
Israeli lawyer Daniel Siedemann has navigated the legal thickets around land control in Jerusalem for decades.
- Saudi Arabia promises record $3 billion in military aid to Lebanon
Saudi Arabia is flexing its muscles in Lebanon, where the army is overshadowed by the powerful militant group Hezbollah, a key ally of Saudi rival Iran.
- The Gulen movement: a self-exiled imam challenges Turkey's Erdogan
Turkey's power struggle is again shining the spotlight on an enigmatic ally-turned-adversary of Prime Minister Erdogan.
- Why Jordan is still pursuing the nuclear (power) option
Residual fears from the Fukushima disaster and low natural gas prices have tempered enthusiasm for nuclear power in many countries, but not Jordan.
- Egypt's rulers slap terror label on Muslim Brotherhood
Military rulers move to bury Egypt's largest political organization, amid bombings of a public bus and a police station.
- Israeli society will pay the 'price' for settler vigilantism, rights group warns
The group warns that condoning the militant "price tag" movement, which punishes Palestinians for Israeli curbs on settlements, amounts to appeasement.
- Egypt's Brotherhood gets the blame for police compound bombing
Although militants are believed to be behind the deadly Nile Delta bombing, Egypt's prime minister pounced on the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath, designating it a terrorist organization.