BBC News - Middle East

UN urges clarity over Syria attacks
Egypt's Mubarak faces house arrest
VIDEO: The Egyptians paying price in blood
VIDEO: Syria 'toxic attacks kill hundreds'
VIDEO: Yemen facing water shortage crisis
VIDEO: Syrian refugees in 'exodus'
Egypt: Back to a generals' republic?
French brothers seek jihad in Syria

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:53 PM PDT

UN officials say alleged chemical weapons attacks which Syria's opposition says killed hundreds of people near Damascus are a "serious escalation".

Egypt's Mubarak faces house arrest

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:14 PM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to be put under house arrest following a court order to release him in a corruption case, officials say.

VIDEO: The Egyptians paying price in blood

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 03:14 PM PDT

The 2011 uprising in Egypt saw Hosni Mubarak ousted after decades in power, but now the military has reasserted its influence in the country and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has been removed.

VIDEO: Syria 'toxic attacks kill hundreds'

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Opposition groups in Syria have accused the country's security forces of killing hundreds of people in chemical weapons attacks, a claim which the Syrian government denies.

VIDEO: Yemen facing water shortage crisis

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:12 AM PDT

Yemen is facing a severe water crisis with some estimates suggesting the capital, Sanaa, could run dry in 10 years.

VIDEO: Syrian refugees in 'exodus'

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Thousands of refugees from Syria are crossing the border into Iraqi Kurdistan.

Egypt: Back to a generals' republic?

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:48 PM PDT

The history and legacy of military rule in Egypt

French brothers seek jihad in Syria

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:37 AM PDT

What makes French white men fight for Islam in Syria?