Middle East News
Medecins Sans Frontieres reports Syria chemical deaths
Medecins Sans Frontieres reports hospitals it supports in Syria treated about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms", of whom 355 have died. MSF said the patients...
Pentagon moving forces closer to Syria
The Pentagon has decided to move its forces closer to Syria as the US weighs its options in the conflict there, Defense Secretary Chuck...
Russia backs UN probe of Syria chemical attacks
President Barack Obama has said the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria in an attack on Wednesday is a "big event of grave...
Lebanon: Tripoli explosions kill at least 42 people
Two huge explosions killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 400 others in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, health officials say. The explosions...
Hosni Mubarak released from Cairo prison
Hosni Mubarak has been released from Cairo prison after appealing against his detention. The former Egyptian president was flown out of Tora prison by helicopter...
Hosni Mubarak release ordered by Cairo court
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be freed after a Cairo court ruled his release on bail in a corruption case. Reports from Cairo suggest...
Syria: Chemical weapons attacks kill hundreds in Damascus outskirts
Hundreds of Syrians have been killed early this morning on the outskirts of Damascus following chemical weapons attacks, Syrian opposition activists say. Rockets with toxic...
Mohammed Badie arrested in Cairo
General Guide Mohammed Badie, the spiritual leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, has been arrested in Cairo, officials say. Reports said Mohammed Badie was detained at...
Egypt: At least 24 policemen killed in ambush attack in Sinai peninsula
At least 24 Egyptian policemen have been killed in an ambush attack in the Sinai peninsula. Medical sources and officials said the police were in...
Syrian refugees flood Iraqi Kurdistan
Thousands of Syrian refugees are pouring over the border into Iraqi Kurdistan, the UN refugee agency says. Up to 10,000 crossed at Peshkhabour on Saturday,...
Egypt’s security forces clear al-Fath mosque in Cairo
Egypt's security forces have cleared al-Fath mosque in Cairo after a long stand-off with Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricaded inside, state media says. All the protesters...
Egypt declares a month-long state of emergency
Egypt has declared state of emergency after scores of people were killed when security forces stormed pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo. The camps had been...
Egypt: At least 15 people killed as security forces clear pro-Morsi protest camps
Egyptian security forces moved in to clear two protest camps occupied by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo killing at least 15...
Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners
Israel has started to free a group of Palestinian prisoners, whose release was agreed as part of the deal that allowed peace talks to...
Two Turkish Airlines pilots abducted in Lebanon by Zuwwar al-Imam Rida group
Two Turkish pilots have been abducted in Lebanon, near Beirut's international airport. The men working for Turkish Airlines were snatched from a bus which was...
Syria denies Bashar al-Assad motorcade attack
Syrian rebels’ claims that they attacked President Bashar al-Assad's convoy have been denied today by the information minister. Reports that rebel rockets hit his motorcade...
Yemen foils al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize main ports
Yemen announces it has foiled an al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports. Security remains tight -...
Hassan Rouhani calls for serious nuclear talks
President Hassan Rouhani has called for "serious and substantive" negotiations with the international community about Iran’s nuclear programme. At the first news conference since his...
Hassan Rouhani replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran
Hassan Rouhani has officially replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran. Cleric Hassan Rouhani's election has been endorsed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at...
Syrian rebels ban croissants in Aleppo
Syrian rebels in the city of Aleppo have banned croissants as symbols of “colonial” oppression. Syria is a former French colony, so some there apparently...
Syrian army retakes key rebel stronghold Khalidiya
Syrian army has fully captured Khalidiya district that was a key rebel stronghold in the central city of Homs, state media report. The Sana news...
Egypt: At least 100 people killed at Cairo pro-Morsi protest
At least 100 people are reported to have been killed in Egypt’s capital Cairo at a protest held by supporters of ousted President Mohamed...
Mohamed Morsi accused of plotting with Hamas
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is being held over allegations of links with Palestinian militants Hamas and plotting attacks on jails in the 2011...
Al-Qaeda claims Baghdad mass jailbreaks
Al-Qaeda has claimed two mass jailbreaks in Iraq, which freed hundreds of prisoners including senior leaders of the Islamist militant group. In an online statement,...
Mohamed Morsi was abducted by Egyptian army, claims his family
Mohamed Morsi’s family has accused the Egyptian army of abducting him. The ousted president’s daughter Shaimaa Morsi told a news conference in Cairo that the...
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