Middle East

Two people have been killed and at least 19 injured as rival protesters clash in Egypt’s second city, Alexandria. Tens of thousands are on the streets of the capital, Cairo.

Gunmen shoot dead Mohammed Brahmi, the leader of a leftist Tunisian opposition party, in the capital Tunis. It is the year’s second political assassination in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.

Egypt is no exception to the rule that revolutions do not end happily ever after, says historian Niall Ferguson. And he warns there are now huge incentives for the Muslim Brotherhood to use violence.

Egyptian people have “had enough of division” and must be “one body” in order to build a democratic nation, Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour tells Channel 4 News in his first interview.

At the heart of Syria’s bloody civil war is one of the oldest religious divide in history – that between Sunni and Shia Muslims. But what are the differences between them?

The fact that Nick Griffin has travelled to Syria on a fact-finding mission may surprise some, but this is not the first time the BNP leader has traveled to the Middle East.

The UK and France are prepared to supply weapons to those fighting to overthrow Syria’s President Assad. But can they arm the Syrian National Council without weapons reaching pro al-Qaeda forces?