Egypt’s Sisi ‘to run for president’
Craig TaylorEgypt’s military chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he will run for president, a Kuwaiti newspaper reports. BBC News – Middle East
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Libya ‘destroys all chemical arms’
Libya had destroyed all its chemical arsenal as of 26 January, the country’s foreign minister announces. BBC News – Middle East
Al-Qaeda disavows ISIS in Syria
Al-Qaeda insists it has no links the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which has been locked in deadly clashes with rebels in Syria. BBC News – Middle East
Morsi in court over protest deaths
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi appears in court in the capital, Cairo, for trial on charges of inciting the killing of protesters. BBC News – Middle East
Syria talks end in recriminations
Syrian rival delegations end a week-long peace conference in Geneva by trading insults, as no deal emerges on how to end the conflict. BBC News – Middle East
Homes ‘deliberately razed’ in Syria
The Syrian authorities have “deliberately and unlawfully” demolished thousands of residential buildings, says Human Rights Watch. BBC News – Middle East