As used by WorldMonitor.info, 'the Middle East and North Africa' extends westward from and includes Iran, extends south from the Caucasus Mountains, and includes Asian Turkey and the states of the North African coast.

Al-Ahram Weekly Online (weekly.ahram.org.eg)

Published in Cairo, Egypt by Al-Ahram, established in 1875. Al-Ahram is an informative outlet providing news and commentary from an “Arab national perspective”.

ArabNet (www.arab.net)

A useful source of news, views and country information on the Arab world.

Government of the Republic of Armenia (www.gov.am/enversion/index.html)

Egyptian People’s Assembly (www.parliament.gov.eg)

Official website.

Egyptian State Information Service (www.sis.gov.eg/En)

Provides some useful background information.

Middle East Newsline (www.menewsline.com)

News service by independent journalists in the region that focuses on military affairs, as well as developments inside and outside the region which may affect the military environment.

The North Africa Journal (www.north-africa.com)

Website based in Boston, US, providing news from North Africa. Requires subscription.

Sahara Update (groups.yahoo.com/group/Sahara-update )

Web service moderated by the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara that provides news and opinion on Western Sahara.

Tunisia Online (www.tunisiaonline.com)

Good source of general information on Tunisia.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (www.washingtoninstitute.org)

The site offers carefully-researched, informative and thought-provoking analysis and commentary on Middle Eastern issues. The Institute is generally sympathetic to US policy in the region.

Yemen Observer (www.yobserver.com)

News outlet based in Sana'a.

Iran

Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) (www2.irna.ir/en/)

Official Iranian government news outlet.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran (www.mfa.gov.ir)

Official website.

Iraq

Iraq and Arms Control (editors.sipri.org/pubs/Iraq_AC.html)

Archive maintained by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) concerning UN weapons inspections in the 1990s.

“Spies, Lies and Weapons: What Went Wrong” (www.brook.edu/views/articles/pollack/20040108.htm)

January 2004 article by Kenneth M. Pollack concerning intelligence on Iraqi WMD.