Syrian hackers attack Qatar and Saudi Arabia; Hamas and Islamic jihad elections; Israeli nuclear submarines to counter Iran; Tajikistan cracks down on Islamist groups

 Conflict in Kyrgyz government over Manas transit center; Syrian refugees spilling into Turkey; Maliki: the next rogue Middle Eastern leader?; Tajikistan and Uzbekistan quarrel over resources

Egyptian MP proposes "Islamic" punishments; Increasing Russian weapons exports to Syria; Resumption of U.S.-Yemen Counterterrorism training causes stir; Turkey's new cyber security strategy for 2013; Independence for Eastern Libya?

 Saudi-Iraq embrace; Tajikistan feeling social media heat; Rare protest victory in Azerbaijan; Finding common ground on Iran

 Israel Tests its Arrow Anti-Missile System; Turkmenistan's President "Wins" Another Term; Canadians Helping Qaddafi's Son to Mexico?; Blackouts in Gaza

Al Qaeda in Yemen's government?; Growing military ties between Israel and Cyprus; Egypt indicts NGO workers; US calls for democratic change in Kazakhstan 

Is an Israeli attack on Iran in the offing? Recent weeks have been rife with renewed speculation about the possibility of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program. Most famously, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported recently that no less senior an official than Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thinks Israel could bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities by this summer.

Warnings of an Iranian attack on Turkey; Sunni-Shiite cooperation in Iraqi parliament;  Outsted from power, Yemen's president comes to U.S.;U.S. military assistance to Uzbekistan resumes

Saudi cyber terrorism directed at Israel; US saves Iran in the Persian Gulf... Again; Future of the Arab League Mission to Syria in Doubt; Integrating Hamas and Islamic Jihad