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    • Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise

      The decision was taken at a closed meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo, said Gamal Roshdy, spokesman for the Arab League's secretary general.

    • Arab League chief, ministers to visit Gaza on Tuesday

      The head of the Arab League and a group of Arab foreign ministers will visit Gaza on Tuesday to show solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli attack, officials said on Sunday.

    • Syria says to comply with truce: Kofi Annan

      Syria has told international mediator Kofi Annan that it will halt all fighting by a dawn deadline on Thursday but reserves the right to respond to any attack by "armed terrorist groups", the peace envoy's spokesman said on Wednesday.

    • Clinton says Syria may face 'serious consequences'

      US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Sunday to halt operations targeting civilians, or face "serious consequences".

    • In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate

      Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in a policy U-turn, said on Saturday it would back its deputy leader for president, an endorsement that guarantees Khairat al-Shater a place among the frontrunners after the group initially said it would not field a candidate.

    • Factbox - Syria's city of Hama, site of new assault

      Arab League monitors head to more cities in Syria on Thursday, including Hama which has a particular resonance to Syrians opposed to President Bashar al Assad's rule.

    • Political risks to watch in Syria

      Syria faces mounting international pressure against its crackdown on a nine-month protest movement that has become increasingly violent, as pockets of armed insurgency overshadow what began as peaceful demonstrations.

    • Syria faces growing pressure to halt bloodshed

      Jordan's King Abdullah told Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday he should step down and the European Union added pressure with more sanctions after the Arab League's surprise decision to suspend Damascus for its violent crackdown on protests.

    • Syrians protest Arab vote; embassies attacked

      Tens of thousands of Syrian government supporters poured into the streets on Sunday to protest an Arab League vote to suspend the country's membership, as Turkey sent planes to evacuate diplomatic staff and their families after a night of attacks on embassies.

    • Libyan rebels stream west towards Gaddafi hometown

      A steady stream of rebels in pick-up trucks mounted with machineguns drove towards Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, seeking to extend their advance west.

    • Can regional intervention bring peace to Middle East?

      R Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Menaka Doshi gave his perspective of what is going on in the region and whether this will spread to the Gulf because of recent newsflow over heated uprisings across Saudi Arabia.

    • No clarity on no-fly zone move in Libya: India

      Amid mounting calls by western nations for enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, India said there was not much clarity on key questions like objective and assets required for the measure.

    • Will Libyan crisis end in war or peace?

      A ray of hope has emerged that maybe some resolution could be found to the Libyan crisis. Katerina Dalacoura, Lecturer at the London School of Economics, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Menaka Doshi, gave her view on how this situation is going to develop over the course of the next few days.

    • Libya crisis: Is peace in the offing?

      There is a ray of hope that the Libyan crisis may be resolved soon. This after Libyan president Gaddafi, and the Arab league president agreed on a peace plan put forward by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

    • Sensex rebounds on Libya news; TCS leads

      Indian equity benchmarks showed a rebound in afternoon trade after the Libyan leader Gaddafi has accepted peace plan to end crisis in Libya. The Sensex has recovered more than 250 points from day's low to trade in green amid volatility at 12:45 hours.

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