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This is the category for the Middle East news region. Our news regions often approximate, but do not always precisely follow, traditional regional boundaries. The Middle East is a region centered on the Arabian peninsula (itself sometimes considered a subcontinent) and overlaps parts of Africa, Asia, and a small part of Europe. Latest storiesRefresh this list to see the latest articles.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total.
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- 2005 Egypt Elections (3 articles)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict (57 articles)
- 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel (18 articles)
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- Caspian Sea (3 articles)
- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (3 articles)
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- Hezbollah (57 articles)
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- Israel/Palestine Conflict (119 articles)
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- Red Sea (8 articles)
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- Strait of Hormuz (13 articles)
- Syria files (0 articles; 2 files)
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Pages in category "Middle East"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,746 total.
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- British lecturers meet to vote on Israeli academic boycott
- British man charged with double murder in Iraq
- British military denies secret meeting regarding action against Iran
- British navy personnel back home
- British Prime Minister calls for the immediate release of 5 Britons kidnapped in Iraq
- British sailors detained by Iran "to be tried for espionage"
- British sailors detained, released after yacht accidentally crosses into Iranian waters
- British top General says troops are unwelcome in Iraq
- British warship HMS Invincible put up for auction online
- Britons seized from finance ministry in Iraq
- Buffalo, NY magazine to publish Prophet Muhammad cartoons
- Building collapses in Mecca at eve of Hajj pillgrimage
- Burj Dubai becomes world's tallest tower
- Burns engages India on civil nuclear energy pact
- Bus crash kills six, injures Iraqi minister in Jordan
- Bush Administration changes official position on legitimacy of Qur'an desecration allegations
- Bush and Putin suggest potential for World War III
- Bush has a rehearsed tele-conference with US troops in Iraq
- Bush makes a surprise visit to Iraq
- Bush plans to roll out new Iraq strategy this week
- Bush pledges support for Turkey after meeting with PM
- Bush pressured Israel to seize Chinese aircraft
- Bush reacts to the Iraq Study Report
- Bush says missile shield "urgently" needed to counter Iranian threat
- Bush says US troop build-up in Iraq has brought 'hope'
- Bush urges OPEC to raise output whilst in Saudi Arabia
- Bush urges US allies in Middle East to support Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
- Bush warns gulf States of Iran 'threat'
- Bush, aides convicted of Iraq war crimes in absentia by Malaysia
- Bülent Ecevit, former prime minister of Turkey and poet, has died at 81
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- Cairo blast kills 3
- Cairo court retrial: Al Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years’ jail
- Calm returns to Salt, Jordan after riots over police shooting; 35 arrested
- Canada freezes aid to Palestine
- Canada presses Iran for an international investigation into Kazemi death
- Canadian "terror" suspect Arar cleared after one year of torture
- Canadian government apologizes to deportation victim Arar
- Canadian Press speculates on special forces role in Iraq
- Canadian Prime Minister in first Middle East visit: Canadian assistance to Palestinian Authority
- Canadian still faces public beheading in Saudi Arabia
- Captors release American journalist Jill Carroll
- Car bomb attack in Iraqi town, at least two dead and 45 injured
- Car bomb hits centre of Beirut
- Car bomb in Beirut kills 6, including top police investigator
- Car bomb kills 11 in Iran
- Car bombing kills Yemen government official; ISIS claims responsibility
- Car bombings near Iraq government offices kill at least 130
- Cargo plane crash in Sudan leaves seven dead with one survivor
- Cargo plane crashes in Dubai, two dead
- Carter: Race relations in Palestine are worse than apartheid
- CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace dies at 93
- Charges against Sally Faulkner and 60 Minutes news crew dropped in Lebanon abduction case
- Chavez equates Israel invasion of Lebanon and occupation of Palestine with Nazi oppression of Jews
- Cheney meets with Israeli and Palestinian leaders
- Cheney meets with King Abdullah in Riyadh
- Cheney warns of 'serious consequences' of Iran's nuclear ambitions
- China and Russia object to the Security Council statement on Iran
- China asks Syrian regime and opposition to cease fire
- China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
- China's premier visits Cairo ahead of China-Africa summit
- Chávez warns oil prices could double if US invades Iran
- Citizen groups ask Congress to file formal "Resolution of Inquiry" against Bush
- Civil unrest in Iranian cities after Ahmadinejad declares victory
- Civilians dead following U.S. air strike on 'terrorist compound'
- Civilians killed in U.S. raid near Balad
- Civilians testify to Halliburton fraud, coercion
- Clash between Palestinians and Israeli forces leaves at least 155 injured
- Clashes in Egypt between supporters and opponents of president Morsi turn deadly
- Clinton speaks at Rabin memorial service
- Clinton to Abbas: Resume peace talks with no preconditions
- CNN journalist fired for controversial Twitter message
- Coalition authorities report no casualties from missile strike on Iraqi air base
- Coalition talks between Israeli Likud and Labour parties underway
- Condoleezza Rice in Iraq for surprise visit
- Condoleezza Rice will visit Greece and Turkey
- Conductor Israel Yinon dies after collapsing on stage
- Confidence building reported between Iranian and Israeli citizens
- Confidential EU report about Israels annexation of East Jerusalem
- Congressional dems visit to Iraq encourages support of Bush $81B "reconstruction" plan
- Congressional panel concludes Gulf War Syndrome a legitimate condition
- Congressman Brad Schneider says his Capitol office was vandalized
- Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran
- Conspirator of USS Cole attack freed from prison
- Constitution changes do not convince most Sunni parties
- Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory
- Coptic Christians select their 118th pope
- Coroner makes first post mortems of Athens airliner crash victims; text message was a hoax
- Coroner's inquest rules two British men were intentionally shot by Israeli soldiers
- Costa Rica falls to Iran in football friendly
- Critics against USA and Israel in Summit of South American-Arab Countries in Brazil
- Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia dies
- Current Israel Hezbollah conflict being compared with "Operation Grapes of Wrath"
- Custody of Saddam Hussein given to Iraq, to be executed 'today or tomorrow'
- Cypriot court begins Greek air disaster trial
- Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
- Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece
- Cyprus charges five over 2005 air crash that killed 121
- Cyprus detains weapon-laden ship
- Cyprus to charge five over 2005 plane crash that killed 121
- Czech diplomats secure release of Polish 'terrorist' in Syria
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- Damascus: US embassy attacked
- Danish and Austrian embassies in Tehran attacked
- Danish and Norwegian embassies set on fire
- Danish clothing company sells T-shirts to support FARC and PFLP
- Darfur declares Swedish Foreign Minister unwelcome
- Day 7 of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict
- Day of attacks continue in Israel and Lebanon
- Deadly flash flooding hits northwestern Turkey
- Death toll from earthquake in Syria and Turkey surpasses 20,000
- Death toll of Bahrain tourist boat capsizing rises to 57
- Delay expected for Pakistani elections
- Demonstration held in support of Jill Carroll
- Demonstrator killed in Tehran protest
- Department of Defense report lambasts communication failure in US War on Terror
- Despite 6 warnings Israel bombed and killed 4 UN observers
- Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi's location was pinned
- Dinosaur tracks found in Arabian Peninsula
- Documents regarding post-9/11 prisoner transport flights released
- Documents reveal al-Qaeda wants war between U.S. and Iran, Iraq insurgency weakening
- Double bombing in Pakistani city leaves at least 22 dead
- Double car bombing attack in Mosul kills 26
- Downtown Beirut businesses to sue government
- Dozens killed after gunmen storm Turkish wedding reception
- Draft constitution pushed into Iraqi parliament
- Draft treaty to ban cluster bombs reached in New Zealand
- Dubai leader Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum dead
- Dubai purchases RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 for $100 million
- Dubai receives bailout from Abu Dhabi
- Dubai World to receive $9.5 billion in government aid
- Dublin mayor suggests not sending Irish representative to Israel for Eurovision 2019; two European Parliament lawmakers support boycott
- Dutch sergeant may have gone to Syria to join ISIS, says Dutch Defence Ministry
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- Early Iraq elections marred by violence
- Early returns in Egyptian polls show victory for Islamist parties
- East Timor, Kuwait start negotiations for investment in public works
- Egypt anti-government protests continue, Internet shut down
- Egypt bus and train crash kills dozens of children
- Egypt calls for renewal of ceasefire talks between Israel and Palestinians in Cairo
- Egypt cancels 15 year gas supply contract to Israel
- Egypt court sentences opposition leader
- Egypt lets 2000 pilgrims through Rafah
- Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza
- Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for additional day
- Egypt opens Rafah border crossing sporadically during Gaza crisis
- Egypt postpones renewal of ceasefire talks in Cairo, following attacks in Sinai
- Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet
- Egypt recalls envoy in Israel
- Egypt registers first domain name in Arabic
- Egypt seals border with Gaza after 11 days
- Egypt sentences blogger to four years for insulting Islam
- Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment
- Egypt temporarily opens Rafah border crossing to pilgrimage from Gaza
- Egypt to open Gaza Strip crossing for humanitarian and medical aid
- Egypt's Shura Council parliament building on fire
- Egypt's top envoy in Iraq confirmed killed
- Egyptian archaeologist finds artifacts which may lead to Cleopatra's tomb
- Egyptian archaeologists announce discovery of marble statue and 132 new sites
- Egyptian billionaire MP, former policeman to hang for Lebanese pop star's murder
- Egyptian court sends three Al-Jazeera journalists to jail
- Egyptian envoy's captors remain anonymous
- Egyptian man names daughter 'Facebook'
- Egyptian military appoints committee to amend constitution
- Egyptian military issues ultimatum to Morsi
- Egyptian Muslim theologians change course on female circumcision
- Egyptian official states Al-Qaeda explosives expert killed in airstrike
- Egyptian passenger ferry sinks in Red Sea
- Egyptian politician ElBaradei says ousted President Mubarak must stand trial
- Egyptian President Morsi backs Syrian rebels in speech
- Egyptian President Morsi makes state visit to China
- Egyptian president will not seek re-election in September after protests
- Egyptian prime minister steps down; armed forces appoint former transport minister to position
- Egyptian teacher who killed child receives prison term
- Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead
- Egyptian voters approve constitutional changes
- Egyptian-Canadian sentenced to 15 years for espionage
- Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and armed factions in Gaza starts
- Egyptians conduct roundup of bombing suspects
- Egyptians protest against President despite ban
- Eighteen found dead in a bus in Iraq
- ElBaradei says no 'concrete evidence' of Iranian nuclear weapons program
- Eleven alleged Russian spies arrested in US
- Emaar Properties claims Burj Dubai as world's tallest building
- Emir of Qatar abdicates throne
- Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai
- English football: Mohamed Salah signs contract extension with Liverpool
- Ephraim Kishon dies at 80
- Ethiopian airliner crashes into Mediterranean Sea
- EU and Iranian leaders to meet over nuclear row
- EU condemns Syria for shootdown, urges Turkish restraint
- EU diplomat proposes deal with Iran to drop NPT Article IV.1
- EU, US and Israel to resume aid to and lift financial sanctions against Palestine
- Euro 2008 Qualification: Israel vs. Russia
- Europe marks second Iraq invasion anniversary
- European Court of Human Rights orders UK to compensate Islamist
- European oil companies stop trade with Iran
- European Union calls for release of British crewmen in Iran
- European Union gives Iran two more weeks to comply with UN resolution
- Eurovision 2008: First semi-final held in Belgrade
- Evacuation corridor allows rebels and civilians to leave Aleppo
- Evidence of natural gas deposit found off Gaza Coast
- Ex CIA aide: Tenet misled Powell on evidence for mobile labs
Media in category "Middle East"
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2012-02-18 Damascus Funeral -320x240px-.ogv 15 min 15 s, 320 × 240; 70.55 MB
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UN convoy attack 15 05 2012.ogv 43 s, 480 × 360; 4.83 MB