Monday, July 22, 2013

BBC News - Middle East

BBC News - Middle East


Mass 'al-Qaeda' jailbreaks in Iraq

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT

Hundreds of Iraqi inmates break out of two prisons near Baghdad after gunmen launch a military-style assault, killing at least 20 security forces personnel.

EU agrees Hezbollah blacklisting

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:46 PM PDT

European Union foreign ministers agree to list the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.

Netanyahu pledges referendum on deal

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to put any future peace deal with the Palestinians to a referendum.

Dubai rape case woman 'free to go'

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Marte Deborah Dalelv, the Norwegian woman at the centre of a Dubai rape case dispute, says she has been pardoned and is free to leave Dubai.

Egypt's Morsi 'abducted by army'

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The family of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi accuses the country's military of abducting him, as renewed clashes break out in Cairo.

30 million 'face female mutilation'

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:27 AM PDT

More than 30 million girls are at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation over the next decade, Unicef says.

Syrian rebels 'seize' strategic town

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:36 AM PDT

A strategic town close to the northern city of Aleppo has fallen to Syrian rebels, according to a UK-based activist group.

Iranian firm charged over 'insult'

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:05 AM PDT

Authorities in Iran indict the main mobile network operator, Irancell, for 'insulting' Sunni Muslims in an SMS competition.

VIDEO: Hezbollah's role in Lebanon

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:08 AM PDT

EU foreign ministers have agreed to list the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.

VIDEO: EU agrees Hezbollah blacklisting

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT

EU foreign ministers have agreed to list the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.

Hezbollah facing growing Syria backlash

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:49 AM PDT

Hezbollah facing attacks in Lebanon over role in Syria war

No comments:

Post a Comment