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  Gulf widens as Iran returns from cold

  12 Dec 2013:

  Ian Black writes: Saudi Arabia fails to win support for closer regional integration at GCC summit

• Syria: US and UK suspend aid after Islamist fighters seize weapons stores

  11 Dec 2013: 'Non-lethal' aid suspended after newly formed Islamic Front seizes warehouses in north-west Syria

• Yemen car bomb attack killing at least 52 'bears hallmarks of al-Qaida'

  5 Dec 2013: Assailants detonated suicide car bomb at entrance of defence ministry building in Sana'a, allowing gunmen to enter

• Political solution to Syrian war does not interest Assad, says Qatari minister

  4 Dec 2013: Khalid al-Attiyah says those with blood on their hands in Syrian regime should be tried at international criminal court

• Bashar al-Assad implicated in Syria war crimes, says UN

  2 Dec 2013:

  UN inquiry finds 'massive evidence' that president is responsible for crimes against humanity as conflict's death toll hits 126,000

• Saudi Arabia's foreign labour crackdown drives out 2m migrants

  29 Nov 2013:

  Ethiopian workers face hostility amid 'Saudisation' campaign to control foreign labour and get more Saudi citizens into work

• Saudi Arabia irritated by the changing US relationship with Iran

  28 Nov 2013: Barack Obama calls King Abdullah to confirm commitment to Gulf allies – but Saudi's options are limited after nuclear deal

• Iran nuclear deal shows US is now prepared to act independently of allies

  24 Nov 2013:

  Historic partners of US – Saudi Arabia and Israel – circumspect and angry over deal hailed by Syria and tolerated by Russia

• Iran nuclear deal: Saudi Arabia and Gulf react with caution

  24 Nov 2013: Saudi Arabia fears rapprochement between Washington and Tehran after 30 years of estrangement will be at its expense

• UK must do more to explain stance on Saudi Arabia, say MPs

  22 Nov 2013:

  Campaigners claim whitewash after committee says there would be no advantage in stopping UK arms sales to kingdom

• CIA spills Camp David secrets on 1978 Egyptian-Israeli agreement

  15 Nov 2013:

  Ian Black writes: Declassified documents reveal how US intelligence helped Jimmy Carter strike a Middle Eastern bargain

• Hezbollah will carry on backing Bashar al-Assad, says leader Nasrallah

  15 Nov 2013:

  Head of Islamic movement in Lebanon justifies troops' presence in Syria as resistance against extremists and Israel

• Hawks squawk even before Iran nuclear deal is sealed

  8 Nov 2013: Opposition from Israel and others should be tempered by the fact agreement looks likely to be phased, limited and reversible

• Syria crisis: Saudi Arabia to spend millions to train new rebel force

  7 Nov 2013: Riyadh 'fighting two wars in Syria' as new force Jaysh al-Islam excludes al-Qaida affiliates in bid to defeat Assad regime

• Libya begins tentative voyage towards becoming tourist hotspot of the future

  6 Nov 2013: Barriers are daunting, armed militias, weak government, jihadi terrorism, but minister at tourism expo believes in the long game
  10 holidays that come with travel warnings
  

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