Rebels in Syria have begun evacuating all but one small part of the key city of Homs. After months of siege and bombardment, the rebels cut a deal to surrender the town, but without becoming prisoners. Martin Chulov of the Guardian newspaper explains the deal and its significance.
Last week's killing of more than 100 civilians at Houla in Syria may amount to crimes against humanity, the UN high commissioner for human rights has said.
The US and many other nations are expelling top Syrian diplomats, blaming the Syrian government for the massacre of 100 people in Houla last week. About one-third of the victims are children.
For more on this recently uncovered document, we're speaking with Jeremy Bowen, Middle East editor for our partner the BBC.
We all remember the speech that former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave to the UN in 2003. And part of his argument rested on the word of an Iraqi defector named Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi. Now al-Janabi has said that he was lying.