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BBC's Jeremy Bowen: The unstoppable momentum of Assad’s war

Damascus feels different. The centre of the city was barely damaged in the last seven years of war, unlike many of the suburbs, which have been turned into rubble.

Souad Abderrahim, Tunis' first-ever female mayor

Souad Abderrahim from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party was elected on Tuesday as mayor of the capital city, Tunis, the first time a woman has held the post.

Mesut Özil's retirement from international football

Protesting unemployment and corruption: social unrest in Iraq escalates

One of Turkey's Germans

The orientalist and journalist Friedrich Schrader was one of the first and most active cultural mediators between Germany and Turkey. Today, the founder of the "Osmanischer Lloyd" has been largely forgotten. By Ceyda Nurtsch

The slow death of journalism in Egypt

Last week the Egyptian parliament approved three new draft laws regulating the functions of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SMRC), the National Media Authority, and the National Press Authority (NPA). This bill will regulate social media presence in ways that it never has before. Any account with over 5,000 followers could be treated as a media outlet.

Interim Trade Agreement on the Agenda

For years, it has been pretty hard to find anyone with anything nice to say about Turkmenistan's leadership. It thus comes as a huge shock that the EU is moving to break ranks and cosy up to the pariah government. By Tanya Cox and Andrew Stroehlein