Syria's Cyber-Crackdown;

Jordan's Military Gesture;

AKP Mounts Constitutional Defense;

Central Asia and NATO: Hedging Bets;

Energy, internests bind gulf and China

Al Qaeda's Resurgence in Yemen;

Syria's Kurds on the edge;

A new nuclear client for Moscow?;

The Battle for Basra;

A constitutional showdown in Turkey

Brotherhood cries foul in upcoming elections;

The softer side of Erdogan;

A monster is freed in Jordon;

The PKK mafia;

Liberal "

apostates"

under fire in Saudi Arabia

Opening the petroleum floodgates;

A fading legacy in Central Asia;

Dissension in the Islamist ranks;

Al-Qaeda's Palestinian foothold

Some introspection in Riyadh;

Yemen's curious counterterrorism practices;

A U.S.-Uzbek thaw...;

...and warm words for Kazakhstan;

A security transformation in the Gulf