(The Times) The failure of the United Nations to take decisive action on Syria shows it is no longer "fit for purpose" and is becoming "redundant as a guardian of global peace", Amnesty International has reported.
Middle East Archives
May 23, 2012
April 14, 2012
Center reports humiliation, rape, and murder of women in Homs
(Women Under Seige) Pro-government forces killed 23 women, 28 children, and six men, and the women (including minors) "were confirmed to have been subjected to rape" in Homs on March 11, 2012, according to the London-based Strategic Research and Communications Center, which studies Syria.
July 3, 2010
Munich Olympics massacre man dies
(BBC) The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that killed 11 Israeli athletes, Mohammed Oudeh, dies.
July 2, 2010
'Horror years'
(BBC) Why Iran's Bahai minority fears new persecution
July 1, 2010
Israel renews Shalit swap offer
Israel renews its offer to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners if Hamas militants free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Turkey back to talks with Israel
Israel holds its first high-level meeting with Turkey since Turkish activists were killed on an aid ship bound for Gaza.
Iran 'sent Syria advanced radar'
Iran has given Syria an advanced radar system that could threaten Israel's air supremacy in the region, a US report says.
June 30, 2010
Israel 'to expand' flotilla probe
(BBC) Israel is ready to expand the powers of an inquiry into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, PM Netanyahu says.
June 25, 2010
Israel marks Shalit anniversary
(BBC) Rallies are held in Israel to mark the fourth anniversary of the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Palestinian militants.
June 23, 2010
Syria jails leading rights lawyer
An award-winning lawyer and activist has been jailed for three years in Syria, human rights groups say.
June 17, 2010
Israel to ease blockade of Gaza
Israel says it is easing the land blockade of the Gaza Strip, but the Palestinians say it should be lifted entirely.
June 15, 2010
Save Arabic
Lebanon's quest to preserve its mother tongue
UK plan to deport Iraqis criticised
Refugee agencies express concern over reported plans by the UK to deport about 50 Iraqi asylum seekers.
June 8, 2010
Iran defiant at UN sanctions move
(BBC) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warns Iran will not agree to talks on its nuclear programme if new UN sanctions pass this week.
June 6, 2010
Israel 'to reject raid inquiry'
(BBC) Israel will reject a proposed international investigation into its deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, its ambassador to the US says.
Behind the wire
(BBC) Israel's raid puts Gaza blockade back in spotlight
Shot on sight
(BBC) The Africans risking it all to cross into Israel
June 5, 2010
Seized aid ship taken to Israel
(BBC) An aid ship boarded by Israeli forces while trying to break the blockade of Gaza arrives in the Israeli port of Ashdod.
June 4, 2010
Cyclone Phet 'passes over Oman'
Cyclone Phet has not lessened in force to the degree expected as it passed over Oman, weather forecasters say.
June 2, 2010
Israel 'had no choice' over raid
(BBC) Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel had no choice but to stop the flotilla of ships which tried to break the Gaza blockade.
Israel deports flotilla activists
(BBC) Israel is deporting hundreds of foreign activists seized in a deadly raid on an aid flotilla trying to break its Gaza blockade.
Saudi bride contracts ask for age
(BBC) New wedding contracts will require Saudi brides to give their ages in an attempt to prevent children being married.
May 31, 2010
Senior al-Qaeda leader 'killed'
Al-Qaeda's number three leader and Afghan chief, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has been killed, US and al-Qaeda sources say.
May 30, 2010
Israeli navy storms Gaza aid ship
Israel attacks at least one of a convoy of ships trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip, amid reports of casualties.
May 29, 2010
Gaza hopes for flotilla arrival
Preparations are under way in Gaza to receive a convoy of ships that is trying to break Israel's economic blockade.
May 27, 2010
Israeli PM accepts Obama invite
The Israeli PM accepts an invitation to meet Barack Obama in Washington, for the first time since a crisdis in relations.
May 26, 2010
Egypt rockslide officials jailed
(BBC) A deputy Cairo governor and seven other officials are jailed over a rockslide in a slum that left 119 people dead.
May 25, 2010
American tourists freed in Yemen
(BBC) Two American tourists kidnapped by armed tribesmen near Yemen's capital Sanaa have been freed, officials say.
May 18, 2010
Sanctions threat
Stand-off over Iran nuclear plans bursts back into life
May 10, 2010
Beirut blues
(BBC) Has the Paris of the Middle East lost its charm?
May 5, 2010
Bleak setting
(BBC) Limited hopes for new Middle East talks
May 3, 2010
Obama renews US-Syria sanctions
(BBC) US President Obama renews sanctions against Syria, saying it supports terrorism and is pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
Iran ends football headscarf row
(BBC) Iran's girls' football team is allowed to play in the Youth Olympics after a deal allows them to cover their hair.
Details of Gaza blockade revealed
BBC News has seen documents which give more detail than ever before about how and why Israel maintains its Gaza blockade.
May 2, 2010
Nuclear fall-out?
(BBC) Jostling aims as UN tries to firm up non-proliferation treaty
April 28, 2010
Under threat
(BBC) Settlement ban plan fear of Palestinian builders
April 26, 2010
Iraq impasse 'heightens violence'
(BBC) Continuing political uncertainty in Iraq is contributing to a rise in the number of civilian deaths, Amnesty International warns.
April 22, 2010
Netanyahu firm on Jerusalem
(BBC) Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu again rejects US calls to halt construction in East Jerusalem, as the US envoy arrives in the region.
Surfer's paradise?
(BBC) Gaza surfers brave the blockade and sewage
April 21, 2010
Iran options
(BBC) Would US attack or live with nuclear-armed Tehran?
April 19, 2010
Barak: Palestinian state certain
(BBC) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says Israel must eventually give Palestinians their independence.
April 15, 2010
Audio slideshow
(BBC) Restoring classic cars in the Gaza Strip
Living in fear
(BBC) Egypt homosexuals find some refuge in cyberspace
April 6, 2010
Baghdad blasts kill at least 35
A series of large explosions hits the centre of Baghdad killing at least 35 people, officials say.
April 2, 2010
Sadr holds referendum on Iraq PM
(BBC) The Iraqi political grouping of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr holds its own a referendum on who should be the country's prime minister.
April 1, 2010
Multiple Israeli strikes hit Gaza
Israeli warplanes carry out air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli military says were targeting four weapons factories.
Conflict resolution
(BBC) Palestinian views on planned indirect negotiations
Risk worth taking
(BBC) The Thai labourers tilling Israeli land in range of rockets
March 31, 2010
Call to bar Iraq election winners
(BBC) Six winning candidates in Iraq's elections should be disqualified over alleged ties to Saddam Hussein, a vetting panel says.
March 28, 2010
Netanyahu downplays US tensions
(BBC) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses suggestions that US President Barack Obama is a "disaster" for Israel.
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