Manas clears another hurdle?;

Turkey and Azerbaijan solidify alliance;

Tribes use regional unrest to pressure Jordan's king;

A Saudi political party emerges

Turkey reaping rewards in Iraq;

Tunisia rocked by protests, President Ben Ali resigns;

Clinton visits Yemen as it grapples with insurgency;

Lebanon plunged into crisis

The IMU remakes itself;

American soft power at work in Saudi Arabia;

TAPI back on the table;

Turkey and Russia, friends forever?

Turkey and Israel continue parting ways;

Violence and Islamism return to Tajikistan;

Another Saudi terrorism roundup;

Syria meddling depite Obama outreach

Tajikistan recalls students from Egypt;

Turkey signs on to missile defense, with preconditions;

Potential coup plot by Hezbollah;

Saudi king targets extremists in hajj speech