Middle East

Turkey

Alarm over Kurdish civilian casualties in operation Turkey says is targeting militants

Tens of thousands have fled their homes in numerous locations where the operation is taking place

22/12/2015

Business Series

After a volatile 2015, a look forward to 2016

On the season finale of Business Middle East we summarise a volatile year and discuss the 2016 forecast for global and MENA markets with Nour Eldeen

22/12/2015

Lebanon

Lebanon's growing garbage mountains

The Lebanese cabinet met on Monday to discuss how to deal with huge garbage mountains that have accumulated in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The crisis

22/12/2015

Explore

On the cultural heritage trail in Oman

In this edition of Oman Life we continue our exploration of the country’s extraordinary cultural heritage by delving into Muscat, the melting pot

21/12/2015

Explore

Traveller's diary: the magic of the cultural heritage

Our third edition of “Oman Life” was dedicated to the country’s rich cultural heritage. One of the most iconic forts of the country was our starting

21/12/2015

Syria

Scores killed, over a hundred injured as air strikes target rebel-held city in northwest Syria

Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russia have reportedly killed scores of people and injured many more in the rebel-held city of Idlib

21/12/2015

Israel

Israeli vice premier steps down over sex allegations

Israeli Vice Premier, Silvan Shalom, has resigned after allegations that he sexually harassed a number of women during his career. Silvan Shalom

21/12/2015

Egypt

Tomb of Tutankhamun's wet-nurse opened to tourists

Egypt has opened up the tomb of King Tutankhamun’s wet-nurse to international tourists for the first time since it was discovered in 1996. The

20/12/2015

Yemen

Yemeni warring factions agree to second round of peace talks

A first round of talks ended without agreement in Switzerland, but the UN says progress has been made

20/12/2015

Turkey

Clashes in Turkey as Kurds protest against curfews and crackdown on PKK militants

The government says more than 110 militants have been killed in gun battles

20/12/2015

Turkey

Fire rips through Turkish bazaar

A ferocious fire burned down some 250 stores in a bazaar in the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday morning (December 20). The cause of the fire was not

20/12/2015

Turkey

More than 100 Kurdish 'militants' killed in fighting in Turkey's southeast

The Turkish Prime Minister is vowing not to back down in the fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK

19/12/2015

Syria

UN Security Council adopts resolution for Syrian peace process

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously voted to adopt a resolution for the Syrian peace process. According to the text, the UN now has

18/12/2015

Turkey

Syria's Kurds claim successes against ISIL, but no end to terror in Raqqa

This, and places like it in northern Syria, is where Europe’s refugee crisis began. With the rise of ISIL, the flow of people escaping their

18/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations

A secret meeting in Zurich on Wednesday has led to a preliminary agreement between Turkey and Israel ending a long dispute. Cordial relations turned

17/12/2015

Israel

Bar Refaeli questioned for 12 hours over tax evasion claims

Supermodel Bar Refaeli is under investigation in Israel over claims that she dodged local taxes on earnings from her high-flying career. Refaeli

17/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Britain under fire over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Fresh controversy is surrounding the UK over its selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and their role in the war in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been

17/12/2015

Turkey

Death toll mounts as Ankara continues its PKK clampdown in Kurdish towns

The Turkish authorities claim 24 people described as “terrorists” have been killed in a big clean-up operation ongoing in a part of Diyabakir and two

17/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown

Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic

17/12/2015

Egypt

Tutankhamun's mask is back on display in all its splendor

The magnificent gold mask of Tutankhamun is back on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after a two-month-long repair job by German experts. Last

17/12/2015

Syria

Syria: Human Rights Watch issues report on government held victims

After nine months of research, Human Rights Watch (HWR) has revealed some of the human stories behind tens of thousands of photos of those believed

17/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen: Both sides accuse the other as ceasefire breaks down

Up to 42 people have reportedly been killed as the recently-brokered truce in Yemen appeared to be in tatters. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire

16/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Islamic Military Alliance: a bridge over troubled water

16/12/2015

Syria

Doctor on life in Raqqa and leaving his pregnant wife to escape to EU

“I was a paediatric doctor in Syria, married with two children. We lived in Raqqa, now known as the stronghold of ISIL. I ran a private clinic in a

16/12/2015

Turkey

EU opens school for Syrian refugee children in Turkey

Now in its fifth year, the conflict in Syria has become the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, aid agencies report. According to

16/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia forms anti-terrorism coalition but excludes Iran

The new grouping of Muslim states has been established with a broad remit but it is not clear how it will work with other powers.

15/12/2015