Hundreds of prominent world figures, including Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein, have called for the isolation of the Egyptian coup regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Muslim Brotherhood leaders urges peaceful protest after the execution of six men for terrorism in Arab Sharkas case leads to outpouring of anger from youth activists,
A small team of Syrians have been collecting and archiving a vast hoard of seized official documents to lay the groundwork for potential war crimes trials.
Analysis: Afghans, Iraqis and Pakistanis among those who have joined Bashar al-Assad's army as it runs low on Syrian nationals after four years of war.
Feature: An Egyptian policeman caught on camera showing restraint and politeness to an aggressive member of the public has gone viral - for all the wrong reasons.