Thursday, August 22, 2013

BBC News - Middle East

BBC News - Middle East


UN chief calls for swift Syria probe

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:59 PM PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges the Syrian government to allow a UN team to swiftly investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack.

Egypt's Mubarak released from jail

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:21 AM PDT

Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak is released from prison after an appeal against his detention, and is set to be placed under house arrest.

Rockets fired at northern Israel

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Four rockets are fired from southern Lebanon across the border into Israel but there are no reports of casualties.

Thailand jails Iranians on bomb plot

Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:26 PM PDT

A court in Thailand jails two Iranian men for their roles in an attempted bomb plot in the capital, Bangkok, in 2012.

VIDEO: Meet the Author: Sehar Delijani

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 05:31 AM PDT

The BBC's Nick Higham talks to Sahar Delijani, whose novel, Children of the Jacaranda Tree, tells the story of Iran's political prisoners of the 1980s.

VIDEO: Calls for 'force' over Syria attack

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:29 AM PDT

The United Nations is making a formal request to the Syrian government to allow UN inspectors to the scene of a suspected chemical weapons attack, as France calls for a "reaction with force".

VIDEO: Syria attack theories in 45 seconds

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT

In the absence of clear evidence, the BBC's James Robbins examines who could have carried out an alleged chemical attack in Syria on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Hosni Mubarak released from jail

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison after appealing against his detention, and is expected to be put under house arrest.

Bahrain: Is police reform facade or fact?

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Bahrain introduces police reforms, but critics question effect

The cost of cutting US aid to Egypt

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:05 AM PDT

Kim Ghattas on the difficulties of cutting US aid to Egypt

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