Middle East

Israel

Netanyahu seeks fourth term in tight race

Millions of Israelis have voted in a tightly fought election with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle. A strong campaign by the

17/03/2015

Israel

Israel election 2015: how the night unfolded

The Israeli elections appear to have left the two main parties, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union neck and neck so the

17/03/2015

Israel

Palestinian expectations low for Israeli elections

The Israeli elections come at a tough time for Palestinians with Israel withholding more than 100m dollars in tax revenue as well as continued settlement building.

17/03/2015

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Cardboard sled race

17/03/2015

Israel

Israel goes to polls in tight election contest

The leaders of both main parties have voted in Israel's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud vowed he would form the next government, while Isaac Herzog of the Zionist Un

17/03/2015

Israel

Netanyahu votes as polls open in Israeli election

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted in the country’s general election, fighting to stay in office for a fourth term. He cast his

17/03/2015

Egypt

14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders face death sentence in Egypt

A court in Egypt is seeking the death penalty for the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader Mohamed Badie and 13 other members. The defendants are charged

16/03/2015

Israel

Israel's election teases left that power is within reach

This Tuesday (March 17th), Israelis are threatening to vote Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government out of office. Centre-left Zionist Union

16/03/2015

World

As Israeli election nears, economic concerns take precedence over peace

International observers are keen to know what the election will mean for peace talks with the Palestinians.

16/03/2015

Syria

Syria: Assad shuns Kerry 'offer' of negotiations to end civil war

Bashar al-Assad has given a cool reception to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks that the Syrian leader should be included in talks to reach

16/03/2015

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Death and destruction in Syria

16/03/2015

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