Middle East

Israel

Netanyahu warns of 'real danger of left-wing government' in Israel

Trailing in the polls before Tuesday’s elections, Israel’s prime minister has warned that the right-wing government he leads could be voted out of

16/03/2015

Syria

Kerry: US 'has to negotiate' with Syria's Assad

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk to Syrian President Bashar Assad to stem that nation’s violence. In an interview

15/03/2015

Syria

Nothing to celebrate as the Syrian Conflict hits the four-year mark

The conflict in Syria is four years old today, four years during which the country has been ripped apart as the conflict has changed and become more

15/03/2015

Turkey

Turkish Kurds rally and call for Ocalan to be freed

Thousands of Kurds have taken part in marches mostly in SE Turkey calling for the release of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. He was sentenced to

15/03/2015

Egypt

Egypt's new capital will be solar powered, says housing minister

Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within the next seven years costing the equivalent of 43 billion euros. The country’s

14/03/2015

Israel

Scramble for votes pits Netanyahu's Likud against rightist allies

Flagging in opinion polls before Tuesday’s Israeli election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally his country’s rightists by casting

14/03/2015

Syria

Syria four years on, Erdogan slams UN Security Council's inaction

As the war drags into a fifth year accusations are flying about who is to blame for the lack of action to end the bloodshed.

14/03/2015

Egypt

Gulf states bolster Egypt with financial support at Sisi summit

Gulf Arab allies have pledged big investments and central bank deposits for Egypt at an international summit which got underway in Sharm el-Sheikh on

13/03/2015

Turkey

British schoolgirls helped by coalition spy from Syria, says Turkey

The man who allegedly helped three British schoolgirls join ISIL militants has been detained in Turkey, but mystery shrouds his motives. Mobile phone

13/03/2015

Israel

Livni and Herzog merge in Zionist Union to oust Netanyahu

Running mates former justice minister Tzipi Livni and Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog are not an obvious electoral alliance teaming up against Prime

13/03/2015

Turkey

Turkish coastguard opens fire to stop Syrian migrant ship

Italy has thanked Turkey for intercepting a cargo ship carrying mostly Syrian migrants. The Turkish coastguard fired on the engine room to prevent

13/03/2015

Jordan

Fears of Palestinian-style deadlock for Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees living in the huge camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan say they see little sign of a solution to the war or their own plight. Today

13/03/2015

World

Syria's blackout demonstrates deadly entry into fifth year of civil war

13/03/2015

Israel

How Netanyahu's American influence wavered

Benjamin Netanyahu — nickname ‘Bibi’ — was born on October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, but his family then lived in Jerusalem. They moved to Philadelphia

12/03/2015

Syria

UN resolutions have 'failed' people of Syria, say aid groups

On the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, a report by several charities and humanitarian organisations finds that in 2014, the worst year of the war to date, three United Nations Security Coun

12/03/2015

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Istanbul protest marks anniversary of Turkish teenager's death

12/03/2015

Israel

Orthodox Jewish women's party B'Zchutan joins Israel election race

Less than a week before the Israeli election, a Jewish ultra-Orthodox women’s party has entered the race, challenging traditional beliefs about the

11/03/2015

Syria

ISIL launches offensive against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria

Fighting intensifies in northeast Syria between ISIL and Kurdish forces, focusing on Ras al-Ayn. It appears ISIL is attempting to seize back control after Kurds made significant gains in recent weeks.

11/03/2015

Turkey

Clashes and arrests as Turks remember boy killed by police

Turkish police have intervened in several towns to break up demonstrations, on the first anniversary of the death of a teenager who succumbed to

11/03/2015

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Palestinian children fly kites to mark anniversary of Japan Tsunami

11/03/2015

Syria

ISIL militants release latest propaganda execution video

The parents of a 19-year-old Israeli Arab, who appears to have been shot dead in the latest ISIL video have denied their son way a spy. Visibly

11/03/2015

Israel

Outcry as Israel foreign minister says 'behead disloyal Arab-Israelis'

There have been calls for Avigdor Lieberman to be arrested, after the foreign minister and nationalist party leader said Arab-Israelis who were disloyal to the state of Israel should be decapitated.

10/03/2015

Business Series

Industry relief over oil prices - but can it last?

February saw the first monthly increase in oil prices after seven months of steep declines. Is the oil industry out of the woods, or is there more trouble ahead?

10/03/2015

Saudi Arabia

Solar plane completes maiden leg of record attempt

An attempt to make the first round-the-world flight in a solar-powered plane has got off to a flying start. Solar Impulse 2 has completed its maiden

09/03/2015

Israel

Israel's Arab citizens brandish new electoral power

Israel’s elections for parliament next week [17th March] hold the potential not only of a new prime minister emerging, with a move towards centre

09/03/2015

Turkey

Over 50 Syrian migrants rescued from sinking boat near Turkey

Turkish coastguards say they have rescued some 51 Syrian migrants after their boat started to sink off the western coast of Turkey.

09/03/2015