Middle East and North Africa
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The Guardian view on Libya: a mess not just of David Cameron’s makingEditorial: There was broad sympathy for intervention to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi. But that does not excuse the mistakes that were made
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Cabinet secretary defends David Cameron's Libya record‘Whatever might have gone wrong in Libya … was despite good process’ in Whitehall, says Sir Jeremy Heywood
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Like Blair’s folly in Iraq, Cameron’s Libyan adventure was driven by a reckless craving for personal ‘victory’. National security had nothing to do with itOur leaders are hooked on the narcotic of glory. That’s why we rush to war
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The British government must act now to free Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe Foreign Office hasn’t done enough to help this British-Iranian woman, who is facing five years in an Iran jail. Her health and human rights are at stake
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Millions of children fleeing war 'systematically denied' basic rightsAs world leaders prepare to meet in New York for summit on refugees, charity War Child says urgent action is needed to protect displaced children
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How Libya is slowly becoming 'Somalia on the Med'Situation has deteriorated since David Cameron’s upbeat visit after Gaddafi fell, with latest administration on the brink
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Syrian regime is blocking aid from entering eastern Aleppo, claims UNTwenty trucks are not being allowed to enter the beseiged city in spite of ceasefire agreement, says United Nations envoy
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Former Israeli president Shimon Peres in hospital after suffering strokeThe 93-year-old Nobel peace prize winner has been sedated and placed on respirator after suffering bleeding in the brain
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Lack of schools and homes threatens Syrian refugee UK resettlementLocal authorities are struggling to meet pledges putting target of 20,000 refugees by 2020 at risk, says audit office
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Crispin Blunt to intensify row about Saudi arms salesChairman of the foreign affairs select committee intends to offer alternative to recent proposal to suspend UK arms sales to Saudis
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Syria's seven-day ceasefire takes effect but violence erupts within hoursJohn Kerry insists Assad regime would not be able to bomb any targets in zones under opposition control but it’s ‘far too early to draw definitive conclusions’
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Syria ceasefire begins as agencies prepare to deliver aidTrucks set to bring humanitarian supplies to besieged city of Aleppo amid cautious optimism that ceasefire will hold
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Seizure of Libyan oil terminals prompts call for military actionInternationally backed government calls on forces to protect ports against ‘flagrant aggression’ by rival administration
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60 minutes abduction: I won't do any more kidnappings – Adam WhittingtonThe former soldier who was paid to snatch Sally Faulkner’s children also accuses Nine of abandoning him in a Lebanese jail
Loose canon The fantasy of the beautiful nomad is morally bankrupt