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Window of opportunity from Taliban talks
2 hours ago
The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports on the tense negotiations that led to the opening of the Taliban's office in Qatar, and on what sources close to the talks think of their prospects.
30 May 2013
Last updated at 02:01 ET
Bahrain 'a trigger for Gulf turmoil'
Jeremy Bowen reports from the Gulf kingdom, where tensions and unrest threaten to spill over into the surrounding region.
Aleppo's winter of discontent
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo on desperate conditions faced by civilians as winter draws in.
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'All you could hear was the screaming'03:55
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Rebel chief makes emotional appeal02:10
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'Horrible, suffocating': Gas attack claim03:51
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'He wasn't a man, but a monster'03:39
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Teenager killed in Bahrain protests 02:21
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Gold and go-carts: Inside Tunisian palace01:55
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The child victims of Syria's civil war02:32
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After the revolution: Life in Egypt02:49
Features & Analysis
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Damascus defiance
Jeremy Bowen assesses stark choices that face war-torn Syria
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Arab unity a distant dream
Nasser's vision harder than ever to achieve, argues Middle East analyst Gerald Butt
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Postcards from the region
In the fourth of a series of video postcards, people from Egypt, Yemen and Algeria talk about why they think the Arab uprisings have been important.
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Life in Egypt
After the revolution - higher prices and one in four unemployed
