Middle East News
Syria: at least 10 people died and 46 were injured in a suicide atack in central Damascus
At least 10 people have been killed and 46 have been injured in a suicide attack on a district in central Damascus, Syria, according...
At least 50 people have been killed in bomb attacks in southern Iraq and Baghdad
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 70 have been injured in bomb attacks in southern Iraq and in the capital...
Israel: thousands of people rally against ultra-Orthodox extremism in Beit Shemesh
Thousands of people have rallied this evening in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh against ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremism. Today protest follows two days of clashes...
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery, could be hanged instead
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning in her country on an adultery conviction could be hanged instead. Iranian...
Barbaric textbooks teaching students how to chop off hands and feet in Saudi Arabia
It has emerged that barbaric textbooks which were handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief's hands and...
Syria: 44 people died and more than 150 were injured in twin suicide car bombing in Damascus
At least 44 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in twin suicide car bombings in Damascus, Syria, officials say. State television said...
Baghdad: 63 people killed and 185 injured in a wave of bomb attacks
At least 63 people have been killed and around 185 injured in a wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,...
Flag ceremony in Baghdad brings US operations in Iraq to a formal end
The American flag has been lowered in Baghdad, bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end. Leon Panetta, the...
Iran displays the alleged captured US drone RQ-170 Sentinel in near mint condition on national TV
RQ-170 Sentinel, the U.S.’ most sophisticated spy plane, was captured by Iran and it was paraded on Iranian state television earlier today in near...
Kabul: at least 54 people killed after a bomb explode at a packed mosque during Ashura festival
At least 54 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a packed mosque in Afghanistan as people celebrated a major Shi'ite festival...
British ambassador in Iran says the Tehran regim supported the atack on UK’s embassy
Dominick Chilcott, the British ambassador in Iran claims the ruling regime at Tehran is likely to have supported an attack on the UK's embassy...
EU agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran over nuclear programme
The European Union has agreed on new sanctions on 180 Iranian officials and firms over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. EU ministers meeting in Brussels also...
Tehran: students protesters have broken into UK embassy
Iranian protesters in the capital, Tehran, have broken into the UK embassy compound during an anti-British demonstration, reports say. The protesters are said to be...
Yemen: at least 5 people shot dead during protests in Sanaa, as President Saleh transferred the power
At least five demonstrators have been shot dead by loyalists of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during protests in the capital, Sanaa, reports say. People...
Egypt: two killed and more than 670 injured in Cairo and Alexandria clashes
Two people have been killed and more than 670 injured after protesters clashed yesterday with security forces in Cairo and Alexandria. The latest clashes came...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been captured in Obari, southern Libya
Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been captured, Libya's interim justice minister says. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 39, is said to have...
Kuwait: protesters stormed parliament building asking PM to resign
Hundreds of people were protesting outside the Kuwaiti Parliament, when dozens of them stormed the building late on Wednesday. The protesters were demanding that Prime...
Yemen: at least 11 people killed in Taiz during anti-government protests
At least 11 people, including two children and three women, are reported to have been killed in the Yemeni city of Taiz, during a...
Eid-al-Adha 2011: three million Muslim attended the annual hajj in Mina
More than three million Muslim pilgrims today symbolically stoned Satan in a valley near the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mina - part of...
Abdul Hamid, a Sudanese man publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia.
A Sudanese man was publicly beheaded last month in Saudi Arabia for being a "sorcerer", as is shown in a shocking video. Abdul Hamid Bin...
Gilad Shalit released today in a thousand-for-one exchange deal.
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was Hamas prisoner for five years in Gaza, has been released today. Sergeant Gilad Shalit was freed as part...
Gilad Shalit released, as Israel and Hamas agreed on a prisoners swap deal.
Israel and Hamas group, which runs in Gaza, have agreed on a deal for releasing Sergeant Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held hostage by...
Marzieh Vafamehr condemned to a year in prison and 90 lashes
Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian actress, has been condamned to one year in prison and 90 lashes for her role in "My Tehran for Sale”...
Condoleezza Rice: Muammar Gaddafi’s secret love?
Libya News: The rebels take control of Tripoli Tripoli: “Operation Mermaid Dawn” Condoleezza Rice, the former US Secretary of State, might have a special place in...
Libya News: The rebels take control of Tripoli
Tripoli: “Operation Mermaid Dawn”. "Operation Mermaid Dawn" has succeeded, after six months of civil war, the events concluded in just a few hours, the rebels...
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