Start of Israel-Palestine peace talks;

Surge in Baghdad bombings;

Kurdistan flexes its muscles

U.S. diplomatic missions close around the Arab world;

Charges filed in Benghazi attack;

CIA Deputy Director: Fall of Syrian government threatens US security

Opposition leader assassinated in Tunisia;

Crackdown on Turkish media;

Syrian government takes Homs

Egypt's neighbors vie for influence...;

Outside power influence the Syrian Revolution;

Egypt on the edge after Morsi ouster

Islamists unhappy with Egypt's Morsi;

U.S. and Russia clash on Syria at G-8;

Lebanese Sunnis angry over Hezbollah's involvement in Syria