In Syria, more than 50 people were killed last week when car bombs targeted a six-lane highway and an intelligence building. The attacks raised questions about extremist activity in the country. Meanwhile, a feisty TV debate between leading presidential candidates provides plenty of entertainment for Egyptians. Finally, we meet an Iraqi film director who is determined to bring the silver screen to the people of Baghdad.
Turkey refuses to extradite fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is being tried in abstentia on charges of running a death squad, Turkey’s deputy PM was quoted as saying Wednesday, a day after Interpol issued an alert for his arrest.
Interpol on Tuesday published an international notice seeking the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tariq Al-Hashemi (pictured) on suspicion of financing terrorist attacks in Iraq.
First, we go to Syrian where the head of the UN observer mission has arrived in Damascus to take charge of the operation. Next, bloggers, writers and websites in the West Bank say they're being censored for speaking out against the Palestinian government. Finally, the Far East meets the Middle East in Doha.
At least 30 people were killed on Thursday in a string of bomb attacks in cities across Iraq, with blasts reported in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Samarra, Baquba, Mosul and Taji.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
Arming Syria's opposition fighters would only lead to a "proxy war" and "infringe on the sovereignty of a brother Arab country" Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Arab leaders at a summit in Baghdad on Thursday.
A momentous meeting in a symbolic location - 1990 was the last time the Arab League met in Iraq. Syria is expected to be high on the agenda, but the summit is also an opportunity for Iraq to showcase its capital's stability after years of conflict. But some analysts argue the costs of doing so are unjustified and that leaders have got their priorities wrong, given the current welfare of the average Iraqi.
UN-Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined Arab ministers at a crucial Arab League summit in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Thursday to discuss a UN-backed peace plan for Syria amid continuing violence in the country.
What exactly is the constitutional crisis in Egypt all about, what could the Arab League summit in Iraq achieve, and is there any hope for Kofi Annan's peace plan in Syria? It's all in the international papers.
