Middle East

Egypt

Egypt's road to democracy: parliamentary elections take place

Egypt begins the final stage of the road to democracy. Voting is underway in the country's first parliamentary elections in three years.

18/10/2015

Syria

Syrian forces regain control of key eastern area, state sources report

According to Syrian state television, government forces have regained control of al-Jafra in the east of the country. The area is considered the

18/10/2015

Israel

Peace replaces bloodshed as hundreds march through Jerusalem

With a huge media focus on the bloodshed and brutality in the Middle East, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have taken part in a peace march

18/10/2015

Israel

Clashes, stabbings and shootings: violence escalates in Middle East

Clashes erupt in the West Bank - the latest incident in an escalating spiral of violence between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East.

17/10/2015

Syria

Steinmeier looks for a Syrian solution in Middle East tour

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a four-day trip to Iran, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, with two of those days consecrated to the

17/10/2015

Cyprus

Turkish water begins to flow to northern Cyprus as vast pipeline project goes onstream

One of the world’s largest water pipelines went on stream on Saturday, with the Turkish president turning the taps on the 80 kilometre-long project

17/10/2015

Turkey

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the

17/10/2015

Israel

Palestinians shot dead as Israelis thwart knife attacks

Israelis thwarted a number of attempted stabbings by Palestinians on Saturday in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In the first attack in a Jewish

17/10/2015

Israel

UN calls emergency meeting amid escalating Middle East violence

The upsurge in violence in the Middle East claims three more lives, reports suggest, prompting an emergency session of the UN Security Council.

17/10/2015

Turkey

EU 'too late' for Turkey with its 'political bribery'

The European Union has offered candidate country Turkey “re-energised” talks on joining the bloc, if it helps stem the migrant flow to Europe

16/10/2015

Syria

Syrian bid to retake Aleppo from rebels begins on southern outskirts

The Syrian regular army says it has begun a fresh offensive in a bid to retake the country’s second city and former economic powerhouse Aleppo

16/10/2015

Turkey

Ankara bombing 'AK Party game' says suspect

Three suspects of last week’s Ankara bombings have appeared in court. The official line from Turkey’s ruling AK party is that ISIL was likely behind

16/10/2015

World

Israeli Palestinian violence as reported from global news organisations

The rise in Israeli Palestinian violence as seen from global news organisations in ‘Perspectives.’

16/10/2015

West Bank

Clashes escalate in Gaza and the West Bank as Israel mobilises soldiers to help police

At least five Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces on Friday, two on the border with Gaza and another three on the West Bank. One of

16/10/2015

Economy

Egypt devalues pound for third time this year

Egypt’s Central Bank has devalued the pound for the third time this year. It came after the country’s foreign reserves tumbled and the currency fell

16/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey shoots down unidentified drone on Syrian border

Turkey says it has shot down an unidentified drone two kilometres inside its border with Syria. The army says three warnings were transmitted at what

16/10/2015

Israel

Palestinian security forces unable to stop youths setting fire to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

Enraged Palestinian youths have attacked Joseph’s tomb in Nablus, one of the Jewish faith’s holiest places, and set it on fire before being pushed

16/10/2015

Israel

Israel defends 'aggressive' security measures

Israel has continued to tighten security across the county in response to a surge in shootings and stabbings. Roadblocks have been put in place

16/10/2015

World

Israeli-Palestinian unrest and violence multiply

A terror crisis holds Jerusalem, the West Bank and central Israel in its grip, people not knowing where or when the next attack will happen. A man

15/10/2015

Syria

Iran says political and military solution needed to end Syria war

Iran says there has to be both a political and military solution to the crisis in Syria. A delegation of lawmakers from the Islamic Republic has been

15/10/2015

Israel

Israeli-Palestinian unrest and violence multiply

A terror crisis holds Jerusalem, the West Bank and central Israel in its grip, people not knowing where or when the next attack will happen. A man

15/10/2015

Israel

Abbas slams Israel as deadly violence continues

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has lashed out at Israel, as a wave of deadly violence shows no signs of abating. He claims its actions are

15/10/2015

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Unrest continues in the West Bank

15/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey imposes media blackout on reporting of Saturday's twin bombing

As the search for suspects connected to Saturday’s twin suicide bombing in Ankara goes on, the government has imposed a temporary media blackout on

15/10/2015

Syria

Syrian rebels claim a victory over ISIL in Aleppo as Assad allies prepare to fight for the province

Syrian rebels claim to have freed the village of Tal Jabin in Aleppo province, overcoming ISIL fighters according to social media video. The

14/10/2015

Israel

Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters clash in Bethlehem

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian protesters clashed in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday (October 14). The IDF is deploying

14/10/2015