CNN Middle East News

• U.N. considers Arab League plan for joint Syria mission as attacks escalate
  The United Nations was expected to take up an Arab League proposal Thursday calling for a joint monitoring mission in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against the opposition who want end to his regime. […]
• Hacked e-mails reveal Syrian spin used to defend crackdown
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was apparently coached on how to describe his government's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrators just days before his appearance on an American network, according to purported e-mails of Syrian officials released by the hacking group known as Anonymous. […]
• Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdown
  Four consecutive days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives. […]
• Iranian Parliament summons Ahmadinejad for questioning
  Iranian lawmakers have summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions before Parliament about his management of economic policies and key government ministers. […]
• Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
  The Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]