Topic: Scott Peterson - CSMonitor.com

How 'pro-regime' Aleppo became one of Syria's biggest battlegrounds

Aleppo was long regarded as immune to the uprising sweeping the rest of Syria, but the deaths of several students helped galvanize a dormant opposition.

Terrorism & Security Battle for Aleppo enters third week as Syrian rebels hold on

Terrorism & Security Assad honors Syrian Army as it faces defections, and existential threat

Syrian opposition's volunteer medics keep working, despite death threats

Inside Aleppo: Rebels repulse Syrian tanks, civilians dodge shells (+video)

Terrorism & Security As Syrian government gains ground in Aleppo, it loses its people (+video)

Aleppo short on weapons, medical supplies as Syria's next big battle looms

A year after freedom, South Sudanese languish up north

Sudan: 'Arab Spring' protests wane, but activists remain optimistic

Two of the best-written mysteries of the summer

Backchannels Lobbyists for listed Iranian terror group face new scrutiny

The rules of love, as told by an Iranian cleric

Unusually good forecast for Iran nuclear talks (+video)

Iran nuclear talks: Why all sides kept positive

Terrorism & Security High stakes for Iran nuclear talks

Backchannels A message from Homs (+video)

The risks of telling the Syria story

Backchannels The Iran war party and the war skeptics

Editor's Blog Is Iran rational enough for MAD?

Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011

Obama taking heat for asking for US drone back? Pay little heed.

Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (Video)

US formally draws curtain on the unpopular war in Iraq (video)

British embassy attack exposes tensions outside – and inside – Iran

Good Reads: Why British diplomats consider Tehran a 'hardship post'