Middle East

The Arab League summit is highlighting the Palestinian conflict above Syria, Iran and youth unemployment

Washington rules that electronic devices on flights from ten airports must be consigned to the hold

With its intervention in Syria seen as a success, Moscow is seeking to capitalise on its enhanced regional status

US debates over criminalising the Muslim Brotherhood neglect the movement's pragmatic record in government

Varying Sunni Islamist currents offer visions of the future in a vacuum of political alternatives

Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the UN's three top emergencies, are all in the Middle East -- but donor responses vary

Six years on from the start of the Arab uprisings, the widespread youth exclusion that drove unrest is still pervasive

Arab states face multiple interlinked challenges from population growth, water scarcity, poor education and governance