Middle East News
Turkish fighter jet downed by Syria in international airspace
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the fighter jet shot down by Syrian air defense forces on Friday was in international airspace when...
Egyptians await presidential election results
Egypt is awaiting the delayed results of the presidential run-off election held last weekend. The results are due in the coming hours, after the election...
Syria confirms downing of Turkish F-4 Phantom warplane
The Syrian military has confirmed that it shot down Turkish warplane F-4 Phantom "flying in airspace over Syrian waters". A spokesman said the plane was...
Egypt’s presidential election results delayed
Egypt's presidential poll results have been delayed by the election authorities, raising further tension across the country. The results had been due to be announced...
Hosni Mubarak close to death
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death, reports from Cairo suggest. Hosni Mubarak is said to have had...
Egypt: thousands of protesters at the Muslim Brotherhood rally in Tahrir Square
Thousands of people are gathering in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against a decision by the ruling military council to assume new powers. The protests...
Egypt’s army to hand over power to an elected president
Egypt's ruling military council has vowed to hand over power to an elected president by the end of June. The promise comes as votes are...
General Salem Ali Qatan, Yemeni army commander, killed in suicide attack
Yemeni army commander General Salem Ali Qatan leading the fight against militants in the south of the country has been killed in a suicide...
Turkey: 13 prisoners have died after fire broke out in a prison in Sanliurfa province
Thirteen prisoners have died and five others have been hospitalized after fire broke out in a prison in Sanliurfa province, southeast Turkey, officials said. The...
Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia dies outside the kingdom
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, who was in his late 70s, has died "outside the kingdom", the royal court...
Egyptians vote in the second round of their first free presidential election
Egyptians are set to vote in the second round of their first free presidential election in a two-day run-off. Mohammed Mursi, head of the Muslim...
Iraq: at least 62 people killed in bomb attacks in Hilla and Baghdad
Serial bomb attacks in six Iraqi provinces, including 10 locations in Baghdad, has killed 62 people and wounded dozens more, Iraqi police say. Many of...
New rules of romance for young Iranians
Young Iranians must adopt complicated and creative behavior to navigate around restrictions on their private lives, says journalist Kamin Mohammadi, writer, journalist and broadcaster...
Syrian forces renew attack on the city of Homs
Syrian government forces have renewed their attack on the city of Homs, one of the focal points of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Video...
Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem defaced with graffiti by vandals
Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem has been defaced with graffiti by vandals denouncing Zionism. One of the slogans daubed in paint on the walls...
Syria expels ambassadors of Western states
Syria has decided to expel the ambassadors of several Western states, a week after governments around the world expelled its top diplomats. The envoys of...
Hillary Clinton accuses Russia over Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russian policy will contribute to a potential civil war in Syria. Hillary Clinton's comments came after Russia and...
Major Western states are expelling senior Syrian diplomats over Houla killings
Major Western countries have decided to expel senior Syrian diplomats following the killing of 108 people in the Houla region of Syria on Friday. France,...
Mohammed Mursi vs Ahmed Shafiq in the second round of Egypt’s first free presidential polls
Egyptians will choose between Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq, a candidate from the Mubarak-era regime, when the presidential election goes to...
Egyptians are voting for the second day in country’s first free presidential elections
Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country's first free presidential elections - 15 months after Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Queues are being...
Egyptians vote in their first free presidential election after Mubarak-era
Egyptians are starting to vote in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising. Fifty million people...
Turkish journalists held in Syria released after two months following Iranian mediation
Turkish journalists held in Syria for two months are on their way home after being released following Iranian mediation. Reporter Adem Ozkose and cameraman Hamit...
PM Benjamin Netanyahu agrees on Israeli new coalition
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on a deal with Israeli opposition Kadima party, avoiding the early general election he had sought. Kadima's recently-elected leader,...
Israel: PM Benjamin Netanyahu calls for early general election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an early general election in Israel in four months' time. The vote is expected to take place in...
Activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja wins retrial in Bahrain
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahrain's jailed opposition activist, is to have his case retried, an appeal court has ruled. The retrial will take place in a civil...
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