Wednesday, August 7, 2013

BBC News - Middle East

BBC News - Middle East


Yemen 'foils major al-Qaeda plot'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Yemen says it has foiled an al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports, as the US and UK withdraw diplomats.

Rebels 'killed in Syria army ambush'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 07:19 AM PDT

More than 60 rebel fighters have been killed in an ambush by the Syrian army east of Damascus, a monitoring group says.

Egypt foreign mediation 'has failed'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT

Egypt's leaders say mediation has not resolved the crisis after Mohammed Morsi's ousting and that plans to disperse protest camps will go ahead.

Israeli forces hit by border blast

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 06:46 AM PDT

Four Israeli soldiers are injured in an explosion on the Lebanese border, with Lebanon calling the incident a "violation of sovereignty".

VIDEO: Egypt foreign mediation 'has failed'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 02:55 PM PDT

International efforts to resolve the political crisis which followed the ousting of Mohammed Morsi have failed, Egypt's interim presidency says.

Drone attacks: 'Trying to hit a ghost'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 05:30 PM PDT

The human cost of the US drone war in Yemen

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