Saturday, August 10, 2013

BBC News - Middle East

BBC News - Middle East


Deadly Eid bomb attacks strike Iraq

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Bombers strike in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq during celebrations for the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan, killing dozens.

Iraqi Kurd leader in Syria warning

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:43 AM PDT

The president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region threatens to intervene to defend the Kurdish population caught up in Syria's unrest.

Two killed in Yemen 'drone strike'

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Two militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in southern Yemen, officials say, the ninth since the end of July.

Netanyahu to have hernia operation

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to undergo surgery to treat a hernia, his office announces.

Palestinian killed on Gaza border

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:54 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian man who climbed over the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.

Bus crash 'kills 16 Moroccan guards'

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:38 AM PDT

At least 16 members of Moroccan King Mohammed VI's royal guard are killed and more than 40 hurt as their bus plunges into a ravine, reports say.

VIDEO: Deadly Eid blasts strike Iraq

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 05:23 PM PDT

More than 60 people are reported to have been killed in a wave of bomb attacks in Iraq, as people celebrated the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan.

Iraq's uncertain future amid wave of violence

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Iraq's uncertain future amid wave of violence

From little Gaza to chunky Australia

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:00 PM PDT

Leaving Gaza for Australia, who wouldn't be obsessed with size?

The monk reviving a dying community

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Meet the man reviving an ancient community

Is democracy overrated?

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 09:59 AM PDT

Why democracy can't guarantee a free society

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