Samira Shackle talks to members of the Ahmadiyya, a minority numbering 4 million. The Ahmadis are branded as "non-Muslims", suffer violent attacks on their mosques and will boycott this weekend's elections.

No incursion into Syrian airspace, sources indicate.

Three British citizens continue to be held under appalling conditions in the United Arab Emirates, while the Government prepares to host the country's unelected leader for a state visit.

Ten years on, James Rodgers reflects on the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

“Nothing is worse than life in a Yemeni prison.”

Without taking definite steps to promote democracy in Bahrain, Britain will, to all intents and purposes, have sided with the oppressor.

Contrary to what subsequent reports would have you believe, the march wasn't a complete failure.

Caroline Hawley was the BBC’s Baghdad correspondent as Saddam’s regime began to crumble. She recalls the horror of postwar Iraq — and says although the slaughter hasn’t stopped, the west is no longer watching.

Gagging orders, media censorship and the public interest.

Morsi opposes Assad regime, while lining his pockets.

Yair Lapid could end up as camouflage for Netanyahu’s intransigence.

Social media and self-censorship

What role will the ‘Ulama’ – the Syrian oppositional scholars – play in a post-Assad Syria?

On 22 January, Israelis will go to the polls. The world watches – but how much do we really know about the country that calls itself “the sole bastion of democracy” in the Middle East?