BBC News - Middle East

US embassies to reopen after alert
Turkish pilots seized in Beirut
Qatar World Cup will move - Dyke
Strike on Sinai militants kills five
Libya TV presenter shot in Benghazi
Iran prisoners urge end to sanctions
Passengers accuse BA on faulty plane
VIDEO: Massive city of Syrian refugees
VIDEO: Iraq tension raises civil war fear
Muted Eid al-Fitr in war-torn Syria
Egypt's media challenge
Egypt protests: 'Eid in the square'

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:23 PM PDT

The US is to reopen 18 of 19 embassies and consulates it closed due to a terror alert, with only the Yemen mission to stay shut.

Turkish pilots seized in Beirut

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:58 AM PDT

Turkey advises its nationals to leave Lebanon after two Turkish pilots were seized in an abduction reportedly linked to the Syria conflict.

Qatar World Cup will move - Dyke

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT

New Football Association chairman Greg Dyke believes a summer World Cup in Qatar in 2022 would be "impossible".

Strike on Sinai militants kills five

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT

An airstrike targeting Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula kills five people close to the Israeli border, officials say.

Libya TV presenter shot in Benghazi

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 11:59 AM PDT

A Libyan presenter with leading television station Al-Hurra is shot dead in the restive eastern city of Benghazi.

Iran prisoners urge end to sanctions

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:41 AM PDT

More than 50 political prisoners in Iran urge US President Barack Obama to end sanctions and start dialogue with President Rouhani.

Passengers accuse BA on faulty plane

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 09:53 AM PDT

Passengers accuse British Airways of putting lives at risk after a Riyadh to London plane made two emergency landings with the same fault.

VIDEO: Massive city of Syrian refugees

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:11 AM PDT

Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is home to more than 120,000 migrants who've fled the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The camp has grown so big it has an internal economy all of its own

VIDEO: Iraq tension raises civil war fear

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 11:59 PM PDT

More than 1,000 people died in attacks across Iraq during July, making it the bloodiest month in years and prompting concerns that the country is heading for civil war.

Muted Eid al-Fitr in war-torn Syria

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:20 PM PDT

Celebrating a muted Eid in Syria's war-torn Homs

Egypt's media challenge

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:01 AM PDT

Crisis challenges Egyptian television

Egypt protests: 'Eid in the square'

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Pro-Morsi supporters celebrate Eid at mosque protest site