All Middle East
- Palestinian comments on Holocaust underscore internal divides
A Palestinian official prompted a heated debate when he visited Auschwitz last month. Many Palestinians believe that recognition of the Holocaust detracts from their own suffering.
- Former Lebanese minister arrested for planning attacks for Syria's Assad
Michel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister, reportedly confessed to helping plan attacks on Sunni targets in Lebanon. If true, it illustrates how far Syria's Assad regime can reach into Lebanon.
- Farmers, government battle over hashish in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
Growers in the Bekaa Valley reap huge profits from illegal hashish crops. Lebanon's eradication efforts have failed because there is no legal crop that is as lucrative.
- Sinai attack seals up Gaza to outside world
In the wake of yesterday's attack on Egyptian guards in the Sinai, Gaza's border crossings with Israel and Egypt, as well as smuggling tunnels, have been shut down.
- Syrian Army pushes to break rebel frontlines in battle for Aleppo
The Syrian Army deployed planes and a helicopter gunship as it targeted rebel positions in Aleppo, a key city in Syria's civil war. Fighting also intensified in Damascus Saturday.