the inner circle of the regime determined to quell the year-long uprising. (File Photo)
Al Arabiya reveals the story behind Assads’ leaked emails and what they mean for Syria
Al Arabiya has obtained all the leaked emails of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
Saudi Arabia shuts embassy in Syria, withdraws staff as deaths mount
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has attended Arab League meetings on Syria in a bid to halt violence in the crisis-wrecked country. (Reuters) 
Iran to execute five Ahwazis ‘within days’: rights activist
HADI TORFI, DUBAI
Iranian authorities informed the families of five detainees from the Arab-dominated Ahwaz province that their sons 
U.S. believes Iran increasing secret aid to Syrian regime: report
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Iran is stepping up its military and intelligence support for Syrian government troops in their crackdown against 
Legislative elections begin in Iran amid reformist boycott
With Agencie
Polls opened in Iran’s parliamentary elections on Friday, with the country’s 48 million voters being called out for
War crimes warrant for Sudan minister
International Criminal Court seeks defence minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein’s arrest as part of Darfur 
New resolution on Syria drafted at U.N. council to focus on humanitarian angles
Talal AlHaj, Al Arabiya United Nations
The United States and France have drafted an outline for a new U.N. Security Council resolution demanding access
Syria storms out of U.N. rights meeting, demands countries stop ‘inciting sectarianism
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva stormed out of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday 
Iraqis demonstrate for reforms in Baghdad
AFP, Baghdad
Dozens of Iraqis demonstrated for reforms in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Friday, the eve of the first anniversary of
Syria’s opposition SNC outlines post-Assad vision and reaches out to Kurds
with Agencies
The main opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) outlined on Friday its vision for a post-Bashar al-Assad Syria,
