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Algerian Okacha replaces Abou Zeid as Qaeda-linked group's leader

Al-Qaeda has named a replacement for a key commander of its North African branch who was killed in fighting with French-led forces in northern Mali

Syria opposition refuses leader's resignation

Sudan authorities seize paper for reporting protest

Sudanese authorities confiscated the Sunday edition of the independent newspaper Al Khartoum because it reported on an opposition protest

Israel must ease new Gaza restrictions: rights groups

Israeli rights groups demand fishing restrictions on Palestinian fishermen be lifted, describing them as "collective punishment" by the Israeli government for recent rocket attacks

Syria Alawites meet in Cairo to denounce Assad

Members of Syrian Alawite sect held a meeting in Cairo to announce their support for for the opposition for the first time since the uprising against Assad regime started in 2011

Arab FMs fail to decide fate of Syria's vacant Arab League seat

In run-up to Tuesday Arab League meeting in Qatar, Arab FMs have yet to decide whether Syria's seat in pan-Arab body should be handed over to country's armed opposition

'Mossad spy' spilled secrets to Hezbollah: report

Der Spiegel magazine reports that a man, identified by media as an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent and found hanged in a Tel Aviv jail, had passed secrets to Hezbollah before his death

BREAKING: Syria opposition chief Khatib resigns

Syria's opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib resigns from the National Coalition

Region

Cairo will not lose Arab League HQ: Egypt FM

Egyptian Foreign Minister Kamel Amr denies there are calls to move Arab League headquarters from downtown Cairo and refocuses on the hot topic of Syria's representation in the League

Arab League chief: Palestinian on hunger strike in 'heartbreaking' health

Damascus rejects opposition representation in Arab League

Arab League says members free to offer Syria rebels arms

Arab League warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Syria

Resigned SNC chief Khatib opposed 'private agendas': Source

Syrian Opposition figure tells Ahram Online reason for resignation of SNC chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib on Sunday

Saudi could block Viber, Skype, WhatsApp

Saudi government vows to control or stop Viber, Skype and WhatsApp

Syria's Alawites deny full loyalty to Assad in Cairo conference

Almost 150 Alawite figures attend a two-day anti-Assad conference in Cairo

Iran denies link to spy cell arrests in Saudi Arabia

Iran says Saudi accusations that Tehran has links to a spy cell dismantled in Saudi Arabia is a repeated scenario for domestic consumption

Israel says deal with Turks does not require Gaza blockade end

Israel does not intend to give up on its right to respond to what happens in Gaza because of the agreement with the Turks, an Israel official told Army Radio

International

Musharraf returns to Pakistan from exile

The 69-year old ex-president Pervez Musharraf returns home after Taliban threatened to dispatch a squad of suicide bombers to assassinate him

Northern Mali clashes kill 7 after Islamist 'attack'

At least seven people killed in clashes between the Malian army and Islamists in northern the country

Musharraf flying home to Pakistan despite Taliban death threat

Challenging Taliban's death threat, Pakistan's ex-president Musharaf leaves Dubai for Karachi after more than four years in exile

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