Category:Middle East
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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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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 (120 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 1,747 total.
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- Execution of two gay teens in Iran spurs controversy
- Exit polls suggest Kadima victory in Israeli elections
- Explosion at Yemen weapons factory kills dozens
- Explosion blasts Palestinian intelligence service HQ
- Explosion in Baghdad claims 28 lives
- Explosion in central Tel Aviv nightclub
- Explosion in Tel Aviv injures at least 40, kills at least 8
- Explosion in Turkey kills seventeen
- Explosion kills Briton in Qatar; dozens injured
- Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured
- Explosion partially destroys intelligence building in Rafah, Egypt
- Explosion reported in Damascus, Syria
- Explosions rock 'Green Zone' inside Baghdad
- Explosions rock Egyptian resort town of Dahab
- Ezer Weizman former Israeli president dies at the age of 81
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- Failings identified in response to Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel
- Family of killed Palestinian boy donates organs to Israeli patients
- Fatal US Army helicopter collision in Iraq blamed on enemy fire
- Fearing protests, Israel seals off West Bank
- Fears raised of Iraq Civil War
- Felipe Massa wins 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix
- Felipe Massa wins 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix
- Female boxer shot before fight by stepfather in Berlin
- Female lawyers to be granted court access in Saudi Arabia
- Female suicide bomber kills 40 Shi'ite pilgrims at Baghdad shrine
- Feminist gathering in Tehran dispersed by police
- Fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist demands justice at UN General Assembly
- Fiery Egyptian tourist bus crash kills nine
- FIFA announce Russia to host 2018 World Cup, Qatar to host 2022 World Cup
- FIFA president 'on a mission of peace'
- FIFA suspend Asian Cup football (soccer) champions Iraq
- FIFA World Cup 2018 day 12, 13, 14, 15: Iran, Nigeria, Germany, Senegal out of the tournament
- FIFA World Cup 2018 Day 2: Uruguay, Iran win three points each with late goals; Portugal-Spain share the spoils
- FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
- FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
- Fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon
- Fighting erupts between Lebanese army and Islamist group
- Fighting in Gaza sparks riots in West Bank
- Fiji joins the Non-Aligned Movement
- Financial Action Task Force places United Arab Emirates on money laundering 'grey' list
- Fire and explosions kill at least 30 at Iranian chemical factory
- Fire breaks out at Dubai, United Arab Emirates hotel on New Year's Eve
- Fire hits Egyptian national theatre
- Fire kills eleven at oil worker housing in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
- First executions in post-Saddam Iraq held in Baghdad
- First Iraq-Iran passenger flight in 25 years arrives in Tehran
- First Iraqi case of Avian Flu reported
- First pictures from the Israeli photo/spy satellite Eros B
- First pipeline opens from Caspian Sea
- First suicide attack since Israeli pullout occurs in Beersheba
- Five dead after arson attack in Iran
- Five hundred migrants alleged killed in deliberate sinking in Mediterranean
- Five hundred Palestinian prisoners released by Israel
- Five members of US patrol killed; Three missing in Iraq
- Flydubai plane crash leaves 62 dead
- Football: McClaren names England squad
- Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener
- Foreigners evacuated from Yemen by India
- Former CIA agent indicted after leaking classified information
- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies
- Former Egyptian president Mubarak reportedly ill, may be in coma
- Former Emir of Kuwait dies at age 78
- Former F.A. chairman alleges FIFA 2018 World Cup vote was riddled with bribes, corruption
- Former Irani president Rafsanjani dies, aged 82
- Former Iranian president Rafsanjani states Iran is enriching uranium
- Former Iraqi police commander was working with insurgents
- Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon moved out of ICU
- Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav goes to prison for rape
- Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia
- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez dies at age 83
- Former Syrian minister of defense defects to Turkey
- Former U.S. intelligence agent Tony Mendez, architect of 'Argo' rescue, dies at 78
- Former UK Law Lord urges de-proscription of Iranian opposition group MEK
- Former US president Carter meets with former deputy-PM for Hamas
- Former US President Jimmy Carter meets with Hamas Leader
- Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan
- Four bombings over two days leave more than 130 dead in Iraq
- Four children among six Canadians killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon
- Four dead after Yemen police fire on protesters
- Four Israeli Arabs killed by Army deserter
- Four killed in sectarian clashes in Beirut
- Four killed, dozens injured in Jerusalem attack on bus
- Four more U.S. soldiers charged with rape of 14-year-old girl, murders
- Fourth Lebanon bomb rocks shopping mall
- France offers promised 2000 soldiers to the UN in Lebanon
- France says Iran's nuclear program is a "military cover"
- Freed journalist calls on Iran to release aid worker
- Freighter hits fishing boat in Gulf of Suez; thirteen dead
- French journalist held hostage in Iraq freed
- French National Assembly acknowledges Palestinian State
- French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin visits Beirut
- French teacher returns home after being held in Iran for ten months
- French team of experts: Arafat not poisoned
- Friendly fire killing of Lance Corporal Matty Hull deemed unlawful
- Full extent of Abu Ghraib detainee abuse revealed
- Funeral for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria held in Cairo
- Funeral held for the former Lebanese Prime Minister
- Funeral held for two Lebanese youths found slain
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- G8 Summit debates Middle-east crisis, WTO trade talks
- Gay Iranian awaits decision on asylum
- Gaza cease fire rocked by latest killing of youths
- Gaza looters destroy Palestine Authority property
- Gaza settlers protest planned pull-out
- Gaza settlers protest planned pullout
- Gaza Strip aid ship departs Greece, diverts to Egypt
- Gaza Strip reports first swine flu cases
- Gaza Strip suffers harsh economic collapse: UN
- Gen. Petraeus, Amb. Crocker testify before US Armed Services Committee
- General Petraeus: 30,000 troops may be able to leave Iraq by next summer
- General Petraeus: Fight for Afghan town Marja is 'just the initial operation'
- George Bush arrives in Middle East
- George Bush arrives in Saudi Arabia as part of his Middle East visit
- George Bush completes his Middle East tour
- George Bush discusses Iraq 5 years after invasion
- George Bush meets with Gordon Brown
- George Bush meets with US governors
- German and Swedish foreign ministers agree on Gaza standpoint
- German beer company Eichbaum issues public apology for printing Saudi Arabian flag on beer bottle caps
- German journalists detained in Qatar while investigating controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup hosting win
- German migrant rescue charity renames ship after drowned Syrian toddler
- German MPs vote for action against IS in Syria
- German, Iraqi driver abducted in Iraq
- Germans and Arabs establish a search engine that competes with Google
- Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing 'security'
- Germany threatens to walk out of UN General Assembly if Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust
- Germany to assume command of UN's maritime task force in Lebanon
- Giant camel bones found in Syria
- Gilad Shalit to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners
- Gisela Dulko knocks Maria Sharapova out of Wimbledon
- Gordon Brown defends Iraq decision
- Gordon Brown: Extra troops for Afghanistan, Yemen security the focus for int'l conference
- Government forces kill 17 rebels in northern Yemen
- Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri dies
- Greek President attends inauguration of Greek Orthodox Church in Egypt
- Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales announces move of Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
- Gulf Air launches direct flights to the Middle East from Dublin
- Gunman kills and injures tourists in Jordanian capital
- Gunman kills eight at Jerusalem school
- Gunman kills three, wounds several others in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Gunmen enter Palestine TV station in hail of bullets
- Gunmen kill 25 in Iraqi village
- Gunmen with rocket-launchers massacre 60 at market in Mahmoudiya, Iraq
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- H.E. Suzanne Mubarak and H.R.H. Prince Charles open the British University in Egypt
- Hamas begins to use force to release Alan Johnston
- Hamas claims Israel assassinated commander in Dubai
- Hamas claims Israeli jet shoot-down; report of Israeli soldiers captured
- Hamas considers ceasefire talks after Abbas meeting
- Hamas dampens Palestinian-Israeli truce
- Hamas denies that release of Israeli soldier is "imminent"
- Hamas ends truce with Israel
- Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
- Hamas leader criticizes Bush's Middle East visit
- Hamas leader discusses future of Palestinian State and Israel
- Hamas leadership refuses Egyptian cease fire initiative
- Hamas preparing for Israeli 'incursion' into Gaza
- Hamas returns rocket-prevention forces to action
- Hamas strikes deal with Fatah
- Hamas takes control of Fatah security headquarters
- Hamas wins Palestinian election
- Hamas, Fatah leaders begin talks to end clashes
- Hamshahri newspaper plans cartoon response
- Hardliner wins Iran presidential runoff
- Harvard lawyer who advises IDF asked about "rules of engagement" in 2004
- Heavy fighting continues in the Gaza Strip
- Helicopter crash in Turkey kills six
- Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire for fifth day
- Hezbollah attack Israel; Israeli forces cross over into southern Lebanon
- Hezbollah attacks Israel, causes wildfires
- Hezbollah fires rockets at the Golan Heights
- Hezbollah launches drone attack on Hurfeish, Israel
- Hezbollah leader alleges prior Israeli-US planning of current conflict
- Hezbollah leader both threatens Tel Aviv and offers ceasefire
- Hezbollah network Al-Manar available to wider international audience
- Hezbollah-Israel conflict continues
- Hezbollah-Israel war continues for a third day
- Hezbollah-led protestors stage Beirut sit-in
- Hillary Clinton threatens to 'totally obliterate' Iran if it attacks Israel
- Home demolitions in East Jerusalem continue
- Home Secretary says about 30 major conspiracies threaten UK this Christmas
- Hosni Mubarak steps down as president of Egypt
- Human Rights Watch finds intentional targeting of civilians by Hamas
- Human Rights Watch implicates 600+ in war prisoner abuse
- Human Rights Watch: Israel used white phosphorus on densely populated areas in Gaza
- Human Rights Watch: US abuse of Iraqi prisoners continues
- Hundreds arrested for 'dark web' child porn by international task force
- Hundreds dead in Hajj stampede
- Hussein enters "not guilty" plea at trial
- Hussein trial judge submits resignation
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- IAEA chief, Russia, China express concerns about threats against Iran
- IAEA Iran report leaked
- IAEA suspends nuclear aid for Iran
- Iceland formally recognises Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
- ICRC: 28 bodies, 19 children, pulled from rubble after Israeli airstrike, Qana
- IDF missile strikes UN school
- IDF says 2 soldiers were killed in Gaza
- IDF soldiers' account of Gaza incursion sparks new war crimes investigations
- Imam Khamenei says anti-US policies stronger than Hiroshima bomb
- IMF approves US$1.13 billion loan to Pakistan
- IMF proposes quota increases for China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey
- India may pull peacekeeping troops out of Lebanon
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