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Annasofie Flamand and Hugh Macleod

The World

Dog fight in Lebanon

Conflict

Rival MPs brand each other ‘dog’ as fallout from uprising in Syria raises tempers in parliament

Do activists in Syria want foreign help?

Conflict

Gloves come off in US-Syrian relations

Conflict

Yemen’s Saleh warns US: It’s me or Al Qaeda

Conflict

Letting an old friend go

Conflict

Iraqi refugees flee violence in Syria

Conflict

Iraqis who fled to Syria to escape the war now deem Iraq safer and are returning home.

Syria’s fearful minorities

Conflict

Though many in Syria’s minorities fear an Islamic state if the secular Baath regime falls, some are urging a leap into the unknown.

Saleh’s promised return sparks demos, by both sides

Conflict

President Saleh is expected to return to Yemen Sunday, bringing jubilant supporters to the streets of Sanaa while his opponents fume.

On the road to Damascus

Conflict

Think Syria’s capital city hasn’t yet joined the popular uprising? In one Damascene neighborhood just about everyone has.

Beirut’s international fashion label with a local conscience

Lifestyle

A Beirut-based designer creates a global fashion label while helping Lebanese women prisoners.

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