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Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent
The claim sought unpaid rent from the French government for its use of the family's ancestral home in Iraq as an embassy.
Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis
'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters
United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency
Terra Incognita: Not your father’s Middle East
Arab nationalism/monarchism, Islamism, scapegoating of the West are the pillars upon which the next era in the Middle East will be built.
Witness: In Libya, echoes of Baghdad's Firdos Square
If Libya is lucky its new government will learn from the mistakes of Iraq. There is already talk of unity of Libya's many tribes.
Katsav and Mubarak trials
Assad is so scared by Mubarak's trial that his media have totally ignored it, even though it's most sensational trial in Arab history.
Port crisis brings Iraq-Kuwait relations to new low
Sectarian undertones compound commercial worries, experts say; called "worst crisis between the two states since the Saddam era"
Syrian opposition says Assad fomenting sectarian strife
Activist says Syrians won't repeat mistakes made in neighboring Iraq, where fighting between Sunnis, Shi'ites broke out after the fall of Hussein.
Bombings kill 21 people in Iraqi city of Diwaniya
Suicide bomber, car bomb planted outside a governor's house in the central Iraqi city kill at least 21 people and injure more than 30.
Summertime and the Livin' Ain't Easy
Spring has turned to summer in the Middle East and it promises to be a long hot summer of strife
Analysis: Arab spring likely to leave oil firms unscathed
Some operations suspended in Libya; French oil major loses production at Yemen oil field, BP chief exec: "I wouldn't describe us as worried."
Arab World: The road to Damascus
Syria is unlikely to be the next Arab state to witness anti-government unrest.
Dudu Tassa and The Kuwaitys
On his new hit Arabic language album, rocker grandson Dudu Tassa is rejuvenating the Kuwaity brothers' music here.
