Middle East

Turkey

LGBT community may defy Istanbul Pride ban

25/06/2017

Yemen

Yemen: UN warns warring sides over civilian deaths

The United Nations says at least 49 civilians have died in 'indiscriminate' attacks over the past month alone.

24/06/2017

Saudi Arabia

Mecca suicide attack 'foiled' after police corner would-be bomber

The would-be attacker blew himself up after exchanging fire with police.

24/06/2017

Qatar

Turkey: no plans to close military base in Qatar

23/06/2017

Qatar

Turkey: no plans to close military base in Qatar

Turkey's defence minister says his country has no plans to review its military base in Qatar.

23/06/2017

Syria

Russia launches attacks on ISIL in Syria

Russia launches missiles at ISIL fired from the Med

23/06/2017

Israel

[watch] Mountain goat versus hungry wolf: who wins?

What happends when a wolf takes on a sure-footed mountain goat?

22/06/2017

Turkey

Erdogan struggles to find rally venue for G20 visit to Germany

22/06/2017

Israel

Kushner in Middle East

President Donald Trump's special adviser and son-in-law has been in Israel and the West Bank to talk peace

22/06/2017

Cult

Fayrouz gives glimpse of upcoming album

Lebanese icon Fayrouz revealed on social media a sneak peak of her newest album to be released this fall.

21/06/2017

Gaza

Egypt fuels Gaza to ease power crisis

Fuel from Egypt used to be smuggled through tunnels, many of them now destroyed by Cairo.

21/06/2017

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia gets new crown prince

Saudi Arabia's king has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince - replacing his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne.

21/06/2017

Qatar

Qatar crisis: Turkey to send 11 tons of humanitarian aid to Doha

Turkey is to boost its aid to Qatar.

20/06/2017

Syria

US says it shot down a Syrian warplane in self-defence

Following Russia's warning that it will view US warplanes as targets if they fly west of the Euphrates river, the US military has justified shooting down a Syrian warplane on Sunday as an act of self-defence.

19/06/2017

Syria

Russia warns US after Syrian fighter downed

Russia and US in a row after Syrian jet downed

19/06/2017

Syria

Russia warning after US shoots down Syrian jet

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the Russian military will consider any flying objects within reach of its war planes as possible targets after the US shoots down a Syrian military jet near Raqqa.

19/06/2017

Syria

Iran fires missiles at ISIL base in Syria

Iran says it has fired missiles at an Islamic State base in Syria in retaliation for attacks by the extremist group last week.

19/06/2017

Syria

Russia checking out reports ISIL leader killed

16/06/2017

Turkey

Spying prison term prompts huge protests in Turkey

Thousands in Ankara and Istanbul protest against prison sentence handed down to opposition lawmaker on spying charges.

15/06/2017

Qatar

USA agrees deal to sell F-15 jets to Qatar

15/06/2017

Turkey

Turkish opposition MP gets 25-year jail term for 'spying'

Enis Berberoglu was accused of giving an opposition newspaper a video purporting to show Turkish intelligence services transporting weapons into Syria.

14/06/2017

Gaza

Power supplies to Gaza Strip cut even further

Hamas accuses Palestinian Authority of making life difficult to win political concessions

14/06/2017

Egypt

Protests in Egypt over fate of Red Sea islands

14/06/2017

Qatar

Turkish foreign minister visits Doha in show of diplomatic support

Turkey offers diplomatic support to Qatar amid the crisis in the region, with a visit from its foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

14/06/2017

Saudi Arabia

Officials deny claims FC Barcelona shirts have been banned in Saudi Arabia amid Qatar crisis

13/06/2017

Turkey

Ankara mayor again implies 'foreign powers' behind Aegean Sea earthquake

13/06/2017