Erdogan repeats determination to create ‘security zone’ in SyriaTurkish president has been unable to convince Russia to back planned offensiveMon Dec 05 2022 - 12:38
Sale of media firm boosts Erdogan’s drive to assert control over northern CyprusSale coincided with news that Turkey, which has 35,000 troops in the north, is building a naval baseSun Dec 04 2022 - 13:00
Nearly 500 Iranian protesters have died since SeptemberReport says 16 deaths have occurred this weekThu Dec 01 2022 - 11:58
Yemen’s unique heritage devastated by seven years of warThousands of ancient artefacts looted and archeological sites deliberately destroyedTue Nov 29 2022 - 15:55
Israeli restricitions ‘cost Palestinian economy €50bn’UN report says ending Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is critical for economic growthSun Nov 27 2022 - 14:00
‘Heist of the century’: Iraq finance ministry loses $2.5bn in tax fraud Five companies received the money in cheques from tax commission’s accountsWed Nov 23 2022 - 16:03
Kurds attacked over Istanbul bombing and Iran protestsTurkey and Iran strikes follow bomb attack and hijab protestsMon Nov 21 2022 - 18:52
US declares bin Salman immune from prosecution over Khashoggi killingState department tells court that as a de facto head of state, Saudi prince has legal immunityFri Nov 18 2022 - 11:30
Analysis: Iran protests unlikely to topple clerical regimeWithout a leader and a plan, demonstrators will not alter the balance of powerThu Nov 17 2022 - 15:40
Lebanon’s parliament to meet in sixth attempt to elect presidentEfforts to combat spread of cholera are increasedWed Nov 16 2022 - 15:36
Istanbul bombing: Erdogan says those responsible ‘will be punished’Woman arrested on suspicion of deploying bomb that killed six and injured more than 80 peopleMon Nov 14 2022 - 08:27
Taliban excludes women from parks, gyms and outdoor amusement facilitiesUN says ban is another example of the systematic erasure of women from public life in AfghanistanFri Nov 11 2022 - 15:49
Report blames Turkey for spread of cholera in SyriaDisease is caused by cut to the flow of water into the Euphrates river, says reportThu Nov 10 2022 - 15:52
‘Instead of five months we had five weeks of water’: A tough year for the vineyards of OregonAshland Letter: Some train in winemaking, but for others out west the vocation comes later in lifeTue Nov 08 2022 - 19:22
Syrian detainee camp a ‘massive outdoor prison’Médecins San Frontiers says counter-terrorism policies have left thousands exposed to dire conditionsTue Nov 08 2022 - 16:04
Iranian protesters feeling the full force of state resistance Country’s 'vicious security apparatus using every tactic’ to suppress dissent, says Human Rights WatchMon Nov 07 2022 - 18:43
Palestinians count cost of West Bank’s ‘deadliest year’Fatalities mount as Binyamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition allies pledge to take a tough lineFri Nov 04 2022 - 15:35
Egypt: Nobel laureates call for release of political prisonersSpecial mention for British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah, imprisoned for ‘spreading false news’ and ‘supporting terrorism’Thu Nov 03 2022 - 16:50
Pope Francis urged to press Bahrain on human rights issuesHuman Rights Watch calls for reform around capital punishment and migrant workers’ rightsWed Nov 02 2022 - 16:06
Split Lebanese parliament unable to elect successor to president Incumbent Michel Aoun’s presidential term ends on MondayFri Oct 28 2022 - 16:20
Lebanon and Israel close to deal on maritime borderAgreement on gas-rich area of Mediterranean would follow months of US brokeringTue Oct 11 2022 - 17:55
Palestinian factions meet in Algeria to discuss reconciliationEntire leadership has lost credibility among Palestinians over failure to challenge Israel’s occupationMon Oct 10 2022 - 19:29
Lebanon bank customers stage sit-ins to force withdrawalsMP and honorary consul general of Ireland stage protests to reclaim savingsThu Oct 06 2022 - 16:16
UN calls for more action from Europe on climate changeHighly critical assessment of progress over past 30 years ‘must be a wake-up call for the region’Wed Oct 05 2022 - 18:23
Turkey and Libya reach controversial deal on energy explorationEU says stability of the eastern Mediterranean could be undermined by the agreementTue Oct 04 2022 - 15:42
Yemen at risk of return to war as ceasefire expiresTruce between rebel Houthis and Saudi coalition was initially brokered in AprilMon Oct 03 2022 - 16:17
Lebanon parliament fails to elect a president amid continuing crisisPolitical vacuum could intensify economic crisis and present security risk, analyst warnsThu Sept 29 2022 - 14:56
Saudis make Mohammed bin Salman prime ministerSaudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has been named prime minister with the immediate aim of granting him sovereign immunity from prosecution in the USWed Sept 28 2022 - 18:12
Red Cross survey finds 40 per cent of Gaza’s young people have no hope of finding a job over the next 15 yearsAlmost half the young people in Gaza suffering stress, anxiety and depression according to Red Cross surveyTue Sept 27 2022 - 16:27
Iran accuses US of exploiting unrest as protests continue over death of Mahsa Amini injuredndTeachers’ union calls for national boycott of classes as 60 people killed in demonstrations across the countryMon Sept 26 2022 - 20:08
Iran protests enter seventh day with growing demands for end to law on headscarvesUnrest began a week ago following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality policeFri Sept 23 2022 - 19:00
Regime under pressure as Iran protests take on broad agendaUnrest over the death of Masha Amini, who was detained for not wearing the hijab appropriately, has spreadThu Sept 22 2022 - 15:34
Iran protests continue over death of woman arrested by morality policeUnrest follows the death of Mahsa Amini (22), who fell into a coma after she was arrested by morality police for improperly wearing a headscarfTue Sept 20 2022 - 15:58
Angry depositors in Lebanon resort to bank raids to get their money from frozen accountsBanks have blocked $100bn in deposits since 2019 financial crash and imposed strict limits on withdrawalsFri Sept 16 2022 - 17:54
Negotiations on revival of Iran nuclear deal reach stalemateAgreement, which limits Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, was abandoned by US in 2019Thu Sept 15 2022 - 16:34
Greek Cypriot reaction to queen’s death is mainly muted or hostile Official condolences are offered, but resentment from colonial times remainsTue Sept 13 2022 - 20:27
Middle-Eastern women subjected to ‘new’ murderous crimeFour women - three in Egypt and one in Jordan - have been murdered since June. Each had spurned the advances of their male killersFri Sept 09 2022 - 21:16
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East ‘major sources’ of greenhouse gasesCyprus-based climate experts warn that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the world averageThu Sept 08 2022 - 15:23
Al-Qaeda militants kill 21 troops in south YemenAttack in southern Abyan province is attributed to group known as AQAPWed Sept 07 2022 - 16:06
Iran calls for end to investigation into past nuclear activitiesTehran says inquiry should be shelved if an agreement on its nuclear activity is to be revivedMon Sept 05 2022 - 19:36
US dismisses Iran proposals on nuclear agreementDeal would lift sanctions on Iran in turn for reinstatement of limits on Tehran’s nuclear programmeFri Sept 02 2022 - 16:38
Saudi woman sentenced to 45 years over social media postsSentence of 34 years on similar charges was recently handed down to British residentWed Aug 31 2022 - 12:27
Iraq unrest: Who is Moqtada al-Sadr?Shia groups are fighting each other following the political resignation of the influential clericTue Aug 30 2022 - 15:47
US responds to Iran’s nuclear deal proposalsUS says “we are closer than ever” to reviving the dealThu Aug 25 2022 - 16:06
Syrian opposition activists alarmed as Turkey moves to normalise relations with DamascusPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks reconciliation with Bashar al-Assad after decade of violenceTue Aug 23 2022 - 18:15
US dismisses criticism over delayed Iran deal responseEU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell calls on US to hasten its response to proposals for a resumption of Iran nuclear dealTue Aug 23 2022 - 15:01
Return of UAE ambassador to Iran a sign of easing tensionsUAE decision to send an ambassador to Iran after a six-year break a sign of improved relations between the two nationsMon Aug 22 2022 - 16:18
Depositor takes extreme measures to access his own money in Lebanon Bizarre incident in crisis-torn Lebanon as armed man takes hostages to access his own bank fundsWed Aug 17 2022 - 15:35
Tehran submits to EU written response on final version of plan for lifting sanctionsEU foreign policy chief Josef Borrell expected to reply by ThursdayTue Aug 16 2022 - 16:20
Gulf opens between Turkey and Syria’s Turkish-backed opposition Turkish foreign minister says Turkey, the Syrian government and the opposition have to reconcile if there is to be peace in the war-ravaged countryMon Aug 15 2022 - 15:34
